• On land: Geophysics

    to interested scientists around the globe. Aurora Borealis at the Neumayer Station III (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) How long is your way to work? 1,5 kilometers. The entrance to the observatory Into

  • How to apply

    cover letter/motivation letter How did you learn about the vacancy? Why are you interested in the Alfred Wegener Institute? Why are you interested in the advertised position? What are the main points of your

  • PhD Representatives

    yearly among the AWI sites Bremerhaven, Potsdam, Helgoland and Sylt. PhD Days 2018 on Sylt (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) AWI Science Meeting: During this one-day symposium, PhD students in their 3rd year

  • Research Vessel Heincke

    Helgoland". The "Biologische Anstalt Helgoland", originally founded in 1892, became part of the Alfred Wegener Institute in 1998. Scientific coordinator: Dr. Ingo Schewe Schedules Information for participants

  • Detaillierte Beschreibung

    winter convective events in the polar regions (Greenland Sea). (Photo: Gereon Budéus, AWI) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Basic demands were - deep profiles (typically 4000 m) - many profiles (typically 360

  • [Translate to English:] Methoden

    of motion on unstructured meshes. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). See also FESOM on youtube .

  • DACH Permafrost Conference

    Association of Friends and Sponsors of the AWI Organizing Committee Conference Chair Dr. Jens Strauss Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Jens.Strauss @ awi.de Scientific Program Committee Prof. Dr. Guido Grosse AWI [...] speaker selection, and program design Book of Abstracts Contact: Local Organizing Committee Alfred Wegener Institute – AWI Potsdam permafrost.conference @ awi.de Program Overview The main conference will

  • Library in the Ice

    the Antarctic in the summer season 1994/1995. He was the first German artist to travel to the Alfred Wegener Institute’s previous Neumayer Station on board the research icebreaker Polarstern. The laboratories [...] his second trek to the Antarctic, this time to launch his art project “Library in the Ice”. The Alfred Wegener Institute supplied the insulated cargo container that would house the library and transported

  • Ocean Acidification

    plenty of reasons for the experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute to take a closer look at the consequences of acidification. Fish swarm (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) How long have we known about the [...] Columbia University, USA, first coined the term “ocean acidification”. Bleached Acropora (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) How bad has the acidification become? The amount of carbonic acid in the ocean varies

  • IceBird

    airborne surveys to collect measurements of sea ice thickness in the Arctic conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Airborne surveys provide insight into composition [...] Download Aircraft Polar 5 with an EM-Bird under its belly on its way to the surveying area. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Much of AWI’s research is conducted in the inaccessible, ice-covered regions of the [...] and Polar 6 research aircraft includes an EM-Bird, a laser scanner, and a snow radar. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The EM-Bird The purpose-built EM-Bird is a towed sensor that measures the combined