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
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