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Dallmann Laboratory celebrates 10th anniversary of international cooperative work in Antarctica

Ten years Dallmann Laboratory   On January 19, 2004, the Dallmann Laboratory on King George Island in Antarctica will celebrate its 10th anniversary. Biologists and geoscientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) use this laboratory, which is located on a shallow bay, for investigations of ice-free areas and nearshore shallow waters. This is only possible in few Antarctic localities since most of the coast is covered with thick shelf-ice or glaciers.
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2000 meters deep in Antarctic ice

European ice core drilling project at Kohnen station retrieves old ice for climate research At the Kohnen station operated by Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar- and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, the international drilling team reached a depth of 2000 meters on January 7 at 0210 hours. The ice from that depth is about 100.000 years old and yields information on climate conditions of the distant past.
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Polarstern examines re-colonization of the seafloor in Antarctica

Simulation of iceberg scraping: the first field experiment to test re-colonization of the seafloor in Antarctica   The 'Polarstern', research vessel of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, has just started a long-term field experiment on Antarctica's seafloor. Scientists are investigating how bare patches of the ocean's floor are re-colonized after disturbance events such as scraping icebergs.
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Christmas Greetings from Koldewey Station

One week before Christmas we "Überwinterer" are finally alone. We, that is station engineer Konstanze Piel and station leader Jens Kube. What does "alone" mean here in Ny-Ålesund? Mainly, that we are the only ones left at the German Koldewey-Station. The village of Ny-Ålesund, our home for one year, is hosting about thirty more people, most from Norway, but also from Sweden, China, and Japan. So we are not really lonely. And of cause, we also have contact to our friends, family, and colleagues by the means of modern communication.
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Antarctic researchers meet in Bremen

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) convenes July 25 through July 31 2004   The 28th International Antarctic conference of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research will take place in the Congress Centre in Bremen July 25 through July 31 2004. About 600 scientists from more than 30 countries are expected to attend this most important Antarctic research meeting. All disciplines of Antarctic research will be represented. Hence, the SCAR conference will provide a good opportunity to find out about the current status of and perspectives…
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Reports from Kohnen Station 2003/2004

During the first days of December, the Kohnen-Station resumed activity for the season. Since then, the expedition team has reached its full complement. The members are doing well under sunny skies with temperatures of minus twenty degree celsius. There were no major problems in getting used to the altitude change from sea level to 3000 m within just a few hours.
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White (ice) in front of a black background

The over winterer team at the Neumayer station witnessed the last solar eclipse of the year In the late evening of November 23rd (climax 23:27 UTC) a partial solar eclipse was visible in the Antarctic.
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Climate Research: Oldest Ice under Procession

Scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are handling the oldest ice that has ever been unearthed: The ice cores, which were drilled during last winter in the Antarctic research station Dome C, are up to 900.000 years old.
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Solar storm measured at Neumayer

Disturbance in the Magnetic Field   The great geomagnetic storm from 29 Octobre 2003 encountered the Magnetometers on Neumayer-Base/Antarctica at 06:12 am.
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Global research in sea and sky

Polarstern sets off for the Antarctic On Wednesday, 22nd October, 2003, the research ice-breaker of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) - Polarstern - will depart on her 21st Antarctic expedition. Studies of the decay of the ozone layer and of communities on the Southern Ocean sea floor are planned.