the German research fleet, German shipbuilding, and international polar research alike: the new Polarstern will be constructed in Wismar by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. company received the official contract

Polarstern returned to her home port of Bremerhaven at high tide this morning. After a good 20 weeks in the Antarctic season, the research vessel moored at the pier in the overseas harbour at 5:00 am.

The centrepiece of the new construction project for the Polarstern's successor is now taking shape: by the end of August, TKMS, Wärtsilä, Steerprop and Aker Arctic had inked the contracts for the entire

international group of young marine scientists is arriving in Walvis Bai in Namibia on board the Polarstern. They have been taking part in a specialised training voyage aboard the German research icebreaker

An international research team led by the University of Rostock is investigating the impact of climate change on biodiversity in Antarctica.

Transits and Campaigns - Antarctic Contact Scientific Coordinator RV Polarstern Dr. Ingo Schewe E-Mail 0471 / 4831-1737 Polarstern longterm plan Transits and Expeditions - Antarctic 2023/2024 PS140; Project: [...] POLARSTERN long-term expedition planning This page provides an overview of all the main-user applications considered in the expedition planning so far. Potential secondary-user applicants please contact

available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. Polarstern App Polarstern Chronicle News Polarstern (Photo: Jan Rohde ) News from aboard will be available in the Polarstern app. Here you can download [...] Research ice breaker Polarstern An Icon of German Polar Research The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute [...] Scientific coordinator: Dr. Ingo Schewe Polarstern-App Project proposal Cruise planning Info for expedition participants Expedition programs Publications about Polarstern Raw data in Pangaea Well equipped

(German only) Sea ice close to Polarstern (Uni Bremen) General Polarstern Infos Cruise Reports Report: 25 Years of Polarstern Meteorology [...] data flow. Contact: polarstern-metobs@awi.de Responsible : Science: Holger Schmithüsen Engineering: Bernd Loose, Loretta Preis , Sebastian Berger Related Links: Where is Polarstern? Meereisportal (German [...] Meteorological Data Polarstern is well equipped for meteorological research as well as for routine meteorological services. The meteorological observatory is permanently manned with a weather technici