Exploring Ice and Oceans

In Berlin, the AWI organized an event on "The Modern Arctic" in cooperation with the Nordic Embassies. The event showed that the Arctic is not only a remote and frozen wilderness, but also a region of dynamic innovation, modern cities and businesses. The Icelandic Ambassador María Erla Marelsdóttir opened the event. AWI Director Prof. Antje Boetius then introduced the topic. This was followed by a panel discussion with international guests.

This year the AWI celebrates the smallest member of its fleet: Mya II is 10 years old. "With the help of Mya II, we collect data as part of a long-term monitoring program that allows us to document ecological changes in the North Sea," says AWI Deputy Director Karen Wiltshire. An anniversary seminar provided insights into the historical research shipping in the Wadden Sea and the work with the multibeam echosounder. Topics such as the MOSES expeditions, the time series of the Sylt Roads and fish monitoring in the Sylt-Römö Bay rounded off the program.

The Nobel Prize banquet is usually a culinary highlight - but never with caviar, because the roe was not sustainable and not originally produced in Sweden. Caviar produced according to the AWI's sustainable caviar production method, which does not kill the sturgeon, changes all that, and this year it was used for the first time by the star chefs at the Nobel Prize banquet.