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.
or not this development has already begun is something we’re investigating right now, on various Polarstern expeditions to the Weddell Sea and with the sensor chains that we’ve placed in and below the ice [...] drilling we needed 13 tonnes of equipment, which had to be transported to the shelf on board the Polarstern and other ships, bit by bit, in the course of several consecutive summers. Plus there was all the [...] knew nothing about.” Parallel to the drilling on the ice shelf on board the research icebreaker Polarstern, AWI oceanographers Dr Michael Schröder and Svenja Ryan monitored the currents in the eastern Weddell
Greenland continental shelf. To close this knowledge-gap, swath bathymetric data acquired by FS Polarstern over the last two decades is investigated to identify glacial landforms. This investigation will
Our research vessel RV Polarstern is equipped with a PARASOUND DS2 sediment echosounder (ATLAS Hydrographic GmbH, Bremen). This echosounder generates two primary frequencies at ca. 18 and 22 kHz. The secondary
Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual primary production. Most of this
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
necessary national permits . Polarstern Expedition participants: Polarstern-Wiki EIS - Expedition Interface System EIS - General info and wiki Deadlines 360 degr. tour Map of Polarstern General arrangement plan [...] AWI that is your superior/leader of the scientific section. Not necessary for expeditions with Polarstern, Heincke, Uthörn, Mya II, Aade and Antarctic land campaigns. Download personnal questionnaire Medical [...] Medical questionnaire Not necessary for expeditions with Uthörn, Mya II or Aade. Polarstern and Heincke expeditions: Participants will get all information and the questionnaire within the "Expedition Interface
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