Sven’s achievements – Śluza Gallery

Grounds: The Continental Glacier managed to cover a large area – reaching as far as Leszno on the south. He persistently worked on his body shape while on this land. Inside him flowed subglacial rivers. They formed deep tunnels and long hills from sand and gravel. The whole Continental Glacier kept moving, taking with it large amounts of clay and other rocky material.

Outcome:

tunnels which today house rivers and lakes – in Poznań these lakes are: Jezioro Kierskie and Jezioro Strzeszyńskie,
esker hills in the vicinity of Krzesiny,
deposits of clay in the following Poznań districts: Piątkowo, Winogrady, Grunwald, Jeżyce, Łazarz, Górczyn, Rataje, Szczepankowo and Krzesiny.

DIPLOMA NO. 2

Diploma for achievements in sport

Sven the Continental Glacier

receives honourable mention

for forming hills, 130 metres a.s.l., by accumulating and mounting

Date: 20,000 – 19,000 years ago

Grounds: First, the Continental Glacier moved back to the north and released a sizeable area from underneath its crust. Then, he came back again, moving in the direction of today’s Poznań. He pushed against the ground with enormous strength. He managed to force out the sediment underneath him and form a bank of hills from it. Additionally, he pushed in front of himself a lot of material (from tiny sand grains to huge rocks), which he used to form hills.

Outcome: mountains such as Góra Morawska, Dziewicza Góra

DIPLOMA NO. 3

Distinction for Sven the Continental Glacier

for taking part in the continental glaciers’ competition in meltwater

Date: 19,000 – 18,000 years ago

Grounds: The Continental Glacier produced large amounts of water. It flowed down from it towards the south and carried sand and gravel. These formed flat, sandy surfaces called an outwash plains.

Outcome: outwash plains in the following Poznań districts: Piątkowo, Ławica, Świerczewo and Miłostowo.

DIPLOMA NO. 4

Diploma for lifetime achievement

Sven the Continental Glacier

receives a medal for his remote activity

Date: 18,000 – 16,000 years ago

Grounds: Less than 18,000 years ago the Continental Glacier left the area of today’s Poznań for good and retreated to the north. However, he still tried to have a say in shaping the landscape. He did it through cold, harsh climate in his forefield. It allowed the vegetation to grow. It also exposed all the terrain features to the damaging power of wind and water which would freeze, de-freeze and then freeze again.

DIPLOMA NO. 5

For Sven the Continental Glacier

for smooth passing of the baton in the relay race

Date: 16,000 years ago

Grounds: About 16,000 years ago the Continental Glacier left the area of today’s Poland for good. He gave the task of shaping the landscape of Poznań over to other forces of nature. Valleys left by the Continental Glacier were taken over by streams and rivers, including the most important one of them all – the Warta River.

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