News
News from aboard will be available in the Polarstern app. Below you can download the reports additionally as weekly reports.
PS 138 | 12 - 17 September 2023
PS 138 | 18 - 24 September 2023
PS 138 | 25 - 29 September 2023
Weekly reports archive
PS 135_1 | 27-29 March- 2023
PS 135_1 | 20-26 March 2023
PS 135_1 | 13-19 March 2023
PS 134 | 6-12 March 2023
PS 134 | 27 February - 5 March 2023
PS 134 | 20-26 February 2023
PS 134 | 13-19 February 2023
PS 134 | 6-12 February 2023
PS 134 | 30 January - 5 February 2023
PS 134 | 23-29 January 2023
PS 134 | 16-22 January 2023
PS 134 | 9-15 January 2023
PS 134 | 2-8 January 2023
PS 134 | 23 + 27 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 19 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 12 - 18 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 5 - 11 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 28 November - 4 December 2022
PS 133/1 | 20 - 27 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 18 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 14 - 16 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 7 - 13 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 1 - 6 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 24 - 31 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 17 - 23 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 10 - 16 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 2 - 9 October 2022
PS 132 | 26 - 29 September 2022
PS 132 | 19 - 25 September 2022
PS 132 | 12 - 18 September 2022
PS 132 | 5 - 11 September 2022
PS 132 | 31 August - 4 September 2022
PS 131 | 15.- 17. August 2022
PS 131 | 8.- 14. August 2022
PS 131 | 1. - 7. August 2022
PS 131 | 25 - 31 July 2022
PS 131 | 18 - 24 July 2022
PS 131 | 11 - 17 July 2022
PS 131 | 4 - 8 July 2022
PS 131 | 29 June - 1 July 2022
PS 130/2 | 30 - 31 May 2022
PS 130/2 | 24 - 27 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 23 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 16 - 20 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 9 - 13 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 2 - 6 May 2022
PS 129 | 25 - 29 April 2022
PS 129 | 18 - 22 April 2022
PS 129 | 11 - 15 April 2022
PS 129 | 2 - 8 April 2022
PS 129 | 28 March - 1 April 2022
PS 129 | 21 - 25 March 2022
PS 129 | 14 - 18 March 2022
PS 129 | 7 - 11 March 2022
PS 128 | 27 - 28 February 2022
PS 128 | 21 - 25 February 2022
PS 128 | 14 - 18 February 2022
PS 128 | 7 - 11 February 2022
PS 128 | 31 January - 6 February 2022
PS 128 | 24 - 30 January 2022
PS 128 | 17 - 23 January 2022
PS 128 | 10 - 16 January 2022
Where is polarstern?
Figures and facts
| Port of registry | Bremerhaven |
|---|---|
| Length | 118 metres |
| Width | 25 metres |
| Max. draught | 11.20 metres |
| Max. displacement | 17,277 tons |
| Empty weight | 12,012 tons |
| Commissioning AWI | 1982 |
| Engine | 4 x KHD RBV 8M540 |
| Engine power | 19,198 PS (four engines) |
| Range | 19,000 nautical miles / 80 days |
| Max. speed | 16 knots |
| Operation area | Everywhere including pack ice zone |
| Crew | 44 |
| Days on sea per year | on average approx. 305 |
| Shipyard | Nobiskrug, Rendsburg and Howaldswerke - Deutsche Werft Kiel AG, Germany |
| Scientists per day / long term sailing | none / 53 |
More Information
Polarstern is not only a research vessel but also a gigantic measuring instrument. Data are constantly collected aboard, some of them are also sent consecutively to different receivers. Further information about Polarstern can be found on the following pages:
AWI
Cruise Reports (data overview)
Extern
The sound of Polarstern
(Kopie 11)
News
ArcWatch 1
Eyewitnesses to Arctic Change
On Thursday, 3 August 2023, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to set off from Tromsø, Norway, towards the North Pole. For two months, a good fifty scientific expedition participants will explore the Arctic in transition as sea ice extent reaches its annual minimum in September. They will explore the biology, chemistry and physics of sea ice as well as the effects of sea ice retreat on the entire ocean system from the surface to the deep sea. Eleven years ago, Antje Boetius was part of the largest ever sea ice minumum in the Arctic and its consequences for life in the deep sea. Now she is returning with her team to compare
Working Together to Bring High Tech Below the Waves
Over the next seven years, the three largest marine research institutes in the Helmholtz Association – the AWI, GEOMAR and Hereon – will pool resources to develop their marine technologies. Their goal: to more quickly and efficiently develop underwater robotic systems, ensuring that research can keep pace with the impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Deep Sea Research
Polarstern Departs on Arctic Expedition
Today, Monday, 22 May 2023, the Research Vessel Polarstern will leave her homeport in Bremerhaven, catching the afternoon high tide at ca 3:00 pm and bound for the Arctic Ocean. The four-week expedition, slated to end on 19 July in Tromsø, Norway, will focus on extended ecological fieldwork at the AWI’s deep-sea observatory Hausgarten and at the FRAM Ocean Observing System