platforms provides information on phytoplankton composition and particle size distribution. On board of POLARSTERN, state of the art underway-measuring systems have been installed, their reliability is frequently
multi-net Midi (Hydrobios) hauls, we have conducted parallel sampling of zooplankton during a RV Polarstern cruise. Both sampling devices were equipped with nets of 150 µm mesh size and vertically towed
How should I plan the next few weeks? To do so, you need to know what is going to happen when. Polarstern ROBEX Expedition Arktis (Photo: Esther Horvath) How is the Year of Polar Prediction related to
from the subtropics and Arctic cold fronts? Antarctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern take us to the stormy seas of the “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” and to the majestic
from the subtropics and Arctic cold fronts? Antarctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern take us to the stormy seas of the “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” and to the majestic
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)
that are beyond anything we can imagine” Starting in autumn 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean for an entire year. During the MOSAiC expedition, experts from [...] we can already safely say is that we’ll find higher temperatures and less ice than Nansen did. Polarstern navigiert in der Nacht durch das Eis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What will the different phases [...] course of our expedition. We’ll begin in September 2019 and proceed with the research icebreaker Polarstern to the Siberian sea ice, which will still be thin at that time of year. Once there, we’ll look
Infographic: The Transpolar Drift From autumn 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean, locked in the ice. During the MOSAiC expedition, experts from 17 nations [...] inaccessible during the long polar night. Further, the drifting sea ice alone will determine Polarstern’s route, which will take it beyond the Northern Lights.
understanding of the polar sea ice zones. Here at AWI, we are mostly using our own ice breaker RV Polarstern, but we are also involved in expeditions by partner institutes with their vessels. During these