Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

Research ice breaker Polarstern The Polarstern app Position and weather data in real time as well as up-to-date photos and reports from aboard the Polarstern several times a week: the AWI flagship has [...] research vessel Polarstern drives through the polar regions of our earth in the service of science. Not a jam bucket View back into the chronicle of the research ice breaker Polarstern from the construction [...] expedition participants Expedition programs Publications about Polarstern Raw data in Pangaea News News from aboard will be available in the Polarstern app. Below you can download the reports additionally as

Chronicle

crew of the Polarstern even frees a British research ship trapped in the pack ice. Polarstern in the waters off Greenland (Photo: Hannes Grobe) Operations 1982-1989 9 December 1982 – RV Polarstern is taken [...] amounted to 188 million marks (over 96 million euros). Contruction of Polarstern (Photo: Klaus von Bröckel) Construction of Polarstern II Data June 1979 – The invitation to tender for construction of the [...] in Kiel 25.01.1982 named „Polarstern“ 9. Dezember 1982 by German Federal Ministe r for Research Heinz Riesenhuber Construction period The new research icebreaker Polarstern’s first journeys take her to

The symbol of german polar research

The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more [...] latest technologies available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. What’s on the odometer? By June 2025, the research icebreaker Polarstern had logged 1,963,207 nautical miles. One nautical [...] Today she’s one of the world’s most advanced and versatile polar research ships in the world. The Polarstern operates an average of 305 days a year, typically cruising in the Antarctic from November to March

Research Vessel and cutter

The fleet of the Alfred Wegener Institute RV Polarstern RV Mya II RV Heincke MB Aade FS Uthörn Old Uthörn

MOSAiC

field expedition to the Central Arctic ever. Key element is the drift of the research icebreaker Polarstern frozen into the pack ice over an entire year. Over all, more than 300 scientists from 17 countries [...] to analyzing and exploiting the data over the coming years to decades. Beyond an ice camp around Polarstern, a distributed network of observations, airborne and satellite observations contribute to the field

MOSAiC Expedition

largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern departed from Tromsø (Norway) and, once it had reached its destination, will spend the next year [...] and Marine Research (AWI). Read more about the expedition on the MOSAiC website. Discover more Polarstern Blog Interview with Markus Rex MOSAiC Media Library MOSAiC Video Portal AWI employee newspaper: [...] newspaper: Special issue MOSAiC MOSAiC Twitter channel MOSAiC-Web-App Live onboard: Follow Polarstern’s current location through the MOSAiC-Web-App. Find out more MOSAiC-Website Our english project website presents

Research infrastructure

Bremerhaven Nutrient Facility Observatories Ocean: FRAM Water: COSYNA Meteorology Geophysics Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine

Q and A

the RV Polarstern? To learn more about RV Polarstern, our Code of Conduct and the mandatory medical examinations, please refer to the AWI website for participants of expeditions and the PolarsternWiki: [...] more about RV Polarstern, our Code of Conduct and the mandatory medical examinations, please refer to the section “Where do I find further information on AWI expeditions and the RV Polarstern?" Do I have [...] t-us/logistics/information-for-expedition-participants.html spaces.awi.de/display/EFPW/Polarstern+-+Wiki Questions and Answers We hope that our Q and A section is helpful, if you still have questions

Fleet + stations

logistics. The AWI makes available its research platforms for scientists from all over the world. Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine

Formation of the Arctic Basin

As the sea-ice recedes, the Arctic Ocean will see an explosion of research activities. With RV Polarstern, our powerful ice breaker and a variety of specially adapted equipment and techniques , AWIs geophysics