• MICADAS

    the MICADAS radiocarbon laboratory at Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Germany Technology Sample processing Contacts: AWI MICADAS laboratory (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Gesine Mollenhauer Torben Gentz

  • STABLE

    Spring Time Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment (STABLE) STABLE was as a joint project of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, of the University of Hamburg (ZMAW), [...] tracks of the research aircraft of AWI during STABLE between 28 Feb and 28 March 2013 (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut Amelie Tetzlaff) The general goal of STABLE was to obtain in-situ data of processes

  • NEWS BMBF Chile Day ENG

    Kate Maleike (Deutschlandfunk) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Panel discussion with Doris Abele (microphone) on German-Chilean cooperation (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) This year's winners of the ideas [...] ideas competition to host a scientific workshop in Chile (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • ECOTRACE

    feedback mechanisms. Our team EcoTrace group Picture: C. Völkner (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scarlett Trimborn (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Head of the group: Dr. Scarlett Trimborn Team: Jenna Balaguer [...] Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of global carbon cycling accounting for 20% of the global annual

  • Snow on Sea Ice

    satellite altimeters. Contact: Dr. Stefanie Arndt Magna probe survey on Antarctic sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We perform snow thickness measurements during Polarstern expeditions by using a “magna [...] thickness measurements in the vicinity of the research vessel. Snow buoy, deployed on sea ice (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) We deploy snow buoys in the Arctic and Antarctic. They are equipped with echo sounders [...] can be accessed via the Meereisportal. Snow pit on sea ice, revealing different layers (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) In order to characterize different snow layers, snow pits are prepared during Polarstern

  • Advisory Board Neumayer

    Ilaria Corsi University of Siena Italy Neumayer III Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Kohnen Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Organisation chart

    Organisation chart of the Alfred Wegener Institute Organisation chart

  • Friends of the AWI

    of the Alfred Wegener Institute, you can contribute to supporting the Institute and its scientific work. Association members are regularly informed first-hand about the work of the Alfred Wegener Institute [...] t)awi.de Bank details: Friends and supporters of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research e. V. („Alfred-Wegener-Institut Förderverein“) Account: 100 836 25 90 Deutsche [...] between the Alfred Wegener Institute and schools in Germany promoting national and international scientific contacts fostering relations between active and former members of the Alfred Wegener Institute

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  • AWI Technical Centre: The Shell is Complete

    is now complete. Since the ongoing pandemic made a live topping-out ceremony impossible, the Alfred Wegener Institute marked the milestone for the new building with a video topping-out speech and greetings [...] workshops and laboratories, which will equip the Rasmus Willumsen House, named in honour of Alfred Wegener’s companion, to serve as a core site for the development of innovative maritime and polar technologies