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"Polarstern" back from Antarctic expedition

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25 years of research in polar seas aboard the research vessel Polarstern

Press release

30 years of hard work in the services of research – the Alfred Wegener Institute celebrates the birthday of RV Polarstern

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A full loaded vessel

PS 117 - Weekly Report No 1 | 15 – 20 December 2018
As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town on 15 December at 4pm, taking off for her 117th expedition to the Antarctic.

A stormy send-off

No. 1 | 5 - 11 December 2021
After a snowy Bremerhaven departure on Dec 5 th 2021 at 13:00, Polarstern made its way through the port, the locks and towards the English Channel.

Adventure in the Ice

The MOSAiC Expedition
Two-and-a-half years from now, the research vessel Polarstern will depart on an adventurous expedition. For an entire year, the ship will drift through the Arctic, stuck in the

Alternative resupply plan for Polarstern now in place

MOSAiC Expedition
Despite the current challenges, the MOSAiC expedition will continue. After many national borders were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, one team transfer had to be p

An entire year trapped in the Arctic ice

largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: in September 2019 the German research icebreaker Polarstern will depart from Tromsø, Norway and, once it has reached its destination, will spend the next year

An international team of young researchers on board the Polarstern

month-long expedition from the Falkland Islands to Bremerhaven on board the research icebreaker Polarstern as part of a summer school. On the ‘South-North Atlantic Training Transect’ they will gain unique

Antarctic season ends this weekend

Expedition
After half a year in the Southern Hemisphere, the research icebreaker Polarstern will soon return to her homeport, Bremerhaven. Following a season of work focusing on sea ice, the icebreaker