through runoff from large rivers and through the distilling process of sea ice formation and melting. Nearly 11% of the global river runoff enters the Arctic, with the majority discharged to the Siberian shelves
. It offers researchers ideal conditions for studying permafrost soils in the Lena Delta – either near the station itself, or on the surrounding islands. Discover what AWI scientists investigate in the
4651-851-0 Fax-Nr.: +49 4651-851-290 E-Mail: info@gemeinde-sylt.de Language courses: Offers in and near AWI To learn German or improve your knowledge of the German language, you are welcome to join one [...] International Office can also advise you on evening classes or intensive courses in language schools near the AWI sites. Getting help and further information Andrea Bleyer will gladly help you with any questions
Celsius, and can even overwinter in the ice of the polar seas. Well equipped Thankfully, it’s not nearly so frosty in the ship’s hold, where a crew of up to 44, plus up to 55 researchers and technicians
stations with international codes VNA1, VNA2 and VNA3. Station VNA1 is inside the geophysics observatory near NM-III. The stations VNA2 and VNA3 are in distances of approx. 45 km and 85 km located on the ridges
Newly formed barchan-type snow dune at Kohnen Station on 28 January 2006. The arrow indicates the near-surface wind direction (Photo: G. Birnbaum, AWI) The Summer Atmosphere Study at Kohnen Station ,
acoustic environment. Sound snippets were extracted from recordings made at the edge of the ice shelf near 71°S 008°W by PALAOA, AWI’s listening station north of the German Antarctic Neumayer station and some [...] minke whale is the smallest baleen whale occurring in the Southern Ocean. It is regularly sighted near the sea ice edge but also occurs within the pack ice. The Antarctic minke whale produces a very unique
in Berlin in a pastor's family. He spent his childhood and youth, nevertheless, in Zechlinerhütte near Rheinsberg. He spent his school time at the "Köllnisches Real-Gymnasium" in Berlin-Neukölln. After [...] found his first employment in the same year as an assistant in the aeronautic observatory Lindenberg near Beeskow. Alfred Wegener in front of a tent From 1906 to 1908 he went as a participant of the Danish
with mean horizontal spacing of ~18 km and 50 vertical levels with the resolution ranging from 10 m near the surface to ~450 m in the deep ocean. The model is forced by 6 ‐ houly atmospheric conditions from