• The Expedition PS 99 from Bremerhaven to Tromsø

    PS99 Summary| 13 June - 16 July 2016
    The RV Polarstern expedition PS99 to the Arctic will start on 13 June 2016 in Bremerhaven and lead to study areas northwest of Bear Island, south of Spitsbergen

  • Same procedure as every year: „Gardening“ in the deep Arctic Ocean

    students coming from 10 nations embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

  • At Neumayer Station

    3 | 4 January – 8 January 2017
    4 January 2017, 2 weeks and 5 days at sea. The morning finds Polarstern alongside the ice shelf edge, or, more precisely, at the north-eastern berth of Atka Sea Port.

  • The Drake Passage – Second Traverse

    PS97 Weekly Report No. 5 | 14. - 20. March 2016
    During the fifth week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 we left the Antarctic Peninsula area close to Elephant Island to start our second Drake Passage

  • We are leaving Cape Town

    PS103 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 16 - 20 December 2016
    16. December, day of departure As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town at 6pm, taking off for her 103rd expedition to the Antarctic

  • Neumayer and beyond

    PS111 – Weekly Report No. 2 | 27 January - 2 February 2018
    Now we have arrived – Polarstern makes her way easily through the disintegrating winter sea ice cover, heading for the northeastern edge of

  • 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.

  • From Longyearbyen through Fram Strait towards Northeast Greenland

    Weekly Report No. 1 | 29 June to 5 July 2015
    At 8:00 am the embarkment of scientists starts. As Polarstern cannot enter the harbor pier directly, people have to use the Zodiac (Fig.1).

  • Underway observations

    PS106/1 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 24. - 30. May 2017
    On May 24, 2017 at 12:00 Polarstern has departed for the Arctic Expeditions in summer 2017.