for the Study of Arctic Climate ). From fall 2019 to fall 2020, the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN drifted frozen through the Arctic Ocean. The data collected will be valuable for generations to
ice Arctic: Ice or water? Aerial photo of Arctic sea ice in the record year 2012 Research vessel Polarstern during an ice station in the Arctic Ozean An iceberg drifts through so called pancake ice Frost
7_PALAOA (Photo: OZA AWI) Anthropogenic sound Ship noise Polarstern in sea ice (Photo: AWI) Twice a year, the German research vessel Polarstern visits the Atka bay to deliver supplies to the Neumayer Station
AWI oceanographer can’t simply lean back and wait on the bridge of the German research icebreaker Polarstern; there’s too much at stake. If he doesn’t see a handful of yellow and orange buoys, with a mooring [...] Deploying and retrieving the moorings involves hard physical work, and is done as a team on board the Polarstern. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Ocean currents in the Fram Strait (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)
polar and maritime research (i. e. the AWI-Chronicle - available only in German), on RV Polarstern (i. e. the Polarstern-Chronicle ) and on the AdP (further readings). Information and Knowledge Ressources
collections. And needless to say, AWI researchers also bring us new samples every year from their “Polarstern” expeditions,” explains Friedel Hinz. Diatoms from Oamaru, New Zealand (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut)
buoys for other partners making use of the regular expeditions into the ice covered oceans with Polarstern, 3) we develop new platforms and help to improve existing systems to advance our observational
were on a Norwegian krill fishing ship. How does day-to-day life on board a research vessel like Polarstern differ from life on board a commercial ship? Everything on board is focused on commercial krill [...] There’s no consideration given to important research questions or our sample-gathering plans. On the Polarstern, when the findings we make on board raise interesting new questions, we have a certain degree of
Approximately one quarter of all AWI expedition participants in research cruises aboard the RV Polarstern are international visiting scientists. AWI primary partner institutions Institution Country British