News
PS115/2 Weekly Report No. 2 | 10.09. - 16.09.2018
We are ready to start – About Super-Puma, polar bear, kastenlot and OBS
Monday (10 Sep 18). Shortly after midnight, (the first weekly report with positive news about the start of our research in a few hours has just been sent out) bad news for us: a case of medical emergency, the expedition’s program has to be stopped, we have to steam with full speed back to Longyearbyen – a long way! At 19:45, however, good news from the captain: tomorrow evening we will have a rendezvous with a long-range rescue helicopter NE of Svalbard at 81°N/41°E where a rescue team will take-over our patient.
PS115.2 Wochenbericht Nr. 1 | 03.09. – 09.09.18
From Longyearbyen through the Northeast Passage towards the Siberian Arctic
Monday (03.09.18). Since early Monday morning “Polarstern“ is anchoring in the Isfjorden, directly off Longyearbyen, and waiting for the new crew and the new group of scientists, who will be embarked for the coming Leg.
PS115.1 Weekly Report No. 4 | 27.08. – 02.09.2018
Last work in the northeastern Greenland Sea in the final week of the cruise
After returning to the part of the Wandel Sea just off the coast of Kronprins Christian Land, the northeasternmost point of Greenland, station work started including heat flow measurements and sediment sampling (box corer and gravity corer).
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Polarstern blog
Being prepared
By Anouk Vlug | It is 4 days ago that I boarded the RV Polarstern. The sea is currently calm, which gave me the courage to start writing this blog post. I am Anouk Vlug, one of the ArcTrain PhD students that joint PS 115.2 expedition into the Arctic as a part of the ArcTrain Floating […]
Author: Polarstern Fahrtleiter
Polarstern blog
Through a wall of fog
By Maren Richter | We are almost at the end of our cruise and after almost three weeks on board I have still not seen a polar bear! And that after participants of previous cruises had assured me that I would definitely see one. Even if there were none in central Fram Strait then at […]
Author: Polarstern Fahrtleiter
Polarstern blog
Iceberg? Iceberg! Iceberg!? Iceberg!!!! Iceberg…
By Maren Richter | By now almost half of my stay on Polarstern is over. Polarstern left Bremerhaven at 9am on the 10th of July with 42 nautical crew and 57 scientists on board, their instruments, lab materials and supplies. A tv crew was there and spectators stood in Bremerhaven’s drizzle to wave as we […]
Author: Polarstern Fahrtleiter
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 (2013) | 310 |
| 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:
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Cruise Reports (data overview)
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