The principal aims of the project are to:

- exhibit polar marine organisms at the SFI Gdynia Aquarium;

- determine border and optimal breeding conditions for polar marine organisms;

- attempt to breed psychrophilic organisms;

- exchange knowledge on breeding and exhibiting with other institutions of a similar profile;

- improve the existing educational exhibits at the SFI Gdynia Aquarium;

- attempt to create an aquarium ecosystem of small invertebrates with a closed food chain;

- identify the breeding cycle of selected species of marine invertebrates;

- prepare multimedia presentations and conduct educational programs for youngsters at all school levels;

- prepare polar region presentations on the Sea Fisheries Institute Internet site;

- organize a series of lectures with polar scientists and explorers;

- create an educational program with the following goals:

a) to popularize the polar regions;

b) to demonstrate the necessity of their conservation;

- to popularize the International Polar Year 2007-2008.