Archive of News and Press Releases
New German Antarctic station Neumayer Station III and new research aircraft POLAR 5
The Federal research minister, Dr. Annette Schavan takes a look at the building of the new German Antarctic station Neumayer-Station III and the new research aircraft Polar 5.
Find out more
Unique opportunity for polar enthusiasts – at September 8th, the new German Antarctic research station will be displayed to the public in Bremerhaven
The new research station Neumayer Station III of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association is currently under construction by the consortium J.H. Kramer Stahlbau and Kaefer Isoliertechnik in Bremerhaven. Named by the German polar researcher Georg von Neumayer (1826-1909), Neumayer Station III will allow continuing German research in the Antarctic for the next 25 to 30 years.
Find out more
By ice floe to the North Pole
An eight-month voyage through the Arctic Ocean, without ship or travel route: the North Pole drifting station NP-35 represents an unusual project of the International Polar Year
Find out more
900,000 Euros for the Earth System Research PhD training program in Bremerhaven and Bremen
The Helmholtz Association has granted 300,000 euros yearly, over a total of 3 years, for the training of young scientists in Bremerhaven and Bremen.
Find out more
JAGO and Polarstern, an unbeatable team on a coldwater coral expedition in Arctic ocean
Deutschlands kleinstes Forschungsschiff, das bemannte Tauchboot JAGO des Leibniz-Instituts für Meereswissenschaften (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel hat auf seinem 1000-sten Tauchgang das Röst-Riff besucht. Es ist das größte bisher bekannte Kaltwasserkorallen-Riff südlich der norwegischen Lofoten-Inseln und liegt 350 Meter unter der Meeresoberfläche. Die Wissenschaftler untersuchen mit Hilfe des Tauchbootes die geologischen Strukturen im Untergrund der Riffe.
Find out more
How far can we go in manipulating the oceans to reduce CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere?
The Alfred Wegener Institute and the European Network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis EUR-OCEANS invite to a joint press conference to discuss those issues with a panel of scientists and attend the launch of a short film done for the general public by the EUR-OCEANS Outreach Team.
Find out more
Departure to cold water corals and other „hot spots“
With a new coat of paint, thorough ship inspection, and sailing under the flag of the Helmholtz Association, Polarstern begins to make its way toward the north on May 29. The flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), is initially heading to Northern Norway and then on to Spitsbergen during its 22nd Arctic expedition.
Find out more
German-Korean collaboration in Polar and Marine research will be intensified
Korean and German research institutes would like to increase their collaboration in the area of Polar and Marine research. In order to achieve this, scientists from both countries are coming together for a meeting in Bremerhaven from 22nd-25th May. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine research (a member of the Helmholtz Association) is the host.
Find out more
ASTAR 2007 – Alfred Wegener Institute and German Aerospace Center send aircraft on Arctic mission
Arctic atmosphere very clean this year:
Under the direction of two of the Helmholtz Centres, i.e. the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the German Aerospace Center, an international research group is currently investigating the Arctic atmosphere above Spitsbergen. Aim of this year’s ASTAR 2007 project (Arctic Study of Tropospheric Aerosol, Clouds and Radiation) is an accurate description of the Arctic atmosphere during spring.
Find out more
By airship to the North Pole – Zeppelin expedition will survey sea ice in the Arctic
In 2008, scientists will, for the very first time, create a continual profile of ice thickness in the Arctic, extending from the Canadian coast across the North Pole to Siberia. At the core of the project lies the crossing of the North Pole by zeppelin.
Find out more