to photo gallery: Polar 6
Close up of Polar 6 during a phase of test flights in Bremerhaven, Germany, Photo: Maike Thomsen, Alfred Wegener Institute
to photo gallery: Conversion
Polar 6 during conversion at Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. Photo: Uwe Nixdorf, Alfred Wegener Institute
to photo gallery: In Polar Regions
Polar 5 with its long, red-white striped sensor to measure the earth's magnetic fields, Photo: Daniel Steinhage, Alfred Wegener Institute