• LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN

    PS108 2017 Polarstern PS107 2016 Polarstern PS99.2 2015 Polarstern PS93.2 2014 Polarstern PS85 2013 Maria S. Merian MSM29 2012 Polarstern ARK-XXVII/2 2011 Polarstern ARK-XXVI/2 2010 Polarstern ARK-XXV/2 [...] HAUSGARTEN: 31 2025 Polarstern PS148 2024 Polarstern PS143 2023 Polarstern PS136 2022 Maria S. Merian MSM108 2021 Polarstern PS126 2019 Polarstern PS121 2018 Maria S. Merian MSM77 2018 Polarstern PS114 2017 Polarstern [...] 2003 Polarstern ARK-XIX/3c 2003 Polarstern ARK-XIX/1 2002 Polarstern ARK-XVIII/1 2001 Polarstern ARK-XVII/2 2001 L'Atalante Arctic Ocean 2001 2000 Polarstern ARK-XVI/2 1999 Polarstern ARK-XV/1

  • Detlef Wilde

    polar research: New Polarstern Detlef Wilde, project director for the construction of the new Polarstern at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Research vessel Icebreaker Expedition New Polarstern The Research Vessel [...] status of the procurement procedure for the new Polarstern is expected in 2024. The handover of the completed ship is slated for 2027. The new Polarstern will make it possible for researchers from around [...] generations. The requirements profile reflects the lessons learned over the Polarstern’s nearly 40 years of service. The new Polarstern will be capable of operating under changing ice and weather conditions

  • Chronicle

    crew of the Polarstern even frees a British research ship trapped in the pack ice. Polarstern in the waters off Greenland (Photo: Hannes Grobe) Operations 1982-1989 9 December 1982 – RV Polarstern is taken [...] amounted to 188 million marks (over 96 million euros). Contruction of Polarstern (Photo: Klaus von Bröckel) Construction of Polarstern II Data June 1979 – The invitation to tender for construction of the [...] in Kiel 25.01.1982 named „Polarstern“ 9. Dezember 1982 by German Federal Ministe r for Research Heinz Riesenhuber Construction period The new research icebreaker Polarstern’s first journeys take her to

  • in-situ

    Apr-May 2016 RV Polarstern, PS99, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to Tromsö, Jun-Jul 2016 RV Polarstern, PS103, Atlantic Southern Ocean, Capetown to Punta Arenas, Dec 2016-Feb 2017 RV Polarstern, PS107, Fram Strait [...] al. 2019, Bracher et al. 2020). Past cruises RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-1, Bremerhaven (Germany) to Cape Town (South Africa) in Oct/Nov 2007 RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-4, Punta Arenas (Chile) to Bremerhaven [...] in Jul/Aug 2008 RV Polarstern, ANT XXV-1, Bremerhaven to Cape Town, Nov/Dec 2008 RV Sonne, SO202.2 (TransBrom-Sonne), Kushiro (Japan) to Townsville (Australia), Oct 2009 RV Polarstern, ANT XXVI-4, Punta

  • Seismology in subpolar oceans

    period of one year (expedition SWEAP of RV Polarstern). Reliable weather and sea state forecasts and the excellent poor-weather performance of RV Polarstern allow to sucessfully work in such areas. Our [...] recovery Seismology under sea ice Following prototype tests in summer 2014 (expedition AURORA of RV Polarstern), we now have specially modified ocean bottom seismometers in routine use. The devices can also [...] depths and can be successfully recovered when the ice cover is almost 100% (Expedition PS137 of RV Polarstern). The data show that the Arctic Ocean offers good recording conditions for earthquakes due to the

  • Landmark in Antarctica named after AWI researcher

    During the last Antarctic season, British Polarstern expedition members Dr. Robert D. Larter and Dr. Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovered a new landmark in the Southern [...] Southern Ocean with one of the Polarstern helicopters. This cape is named in honour of the late AWI geologist Christian Hass.

  • Oasis of life in the ice-covered central Arctic

    Polarstern Expedition
    Under the ice of the Arctic, unknown habitats conceal an unexpected variety of living beings. On October 23rd, 46 scientists are expected to return to the home port in Bremerhaven [...] Bremerhaven from an Arctic expedition with the research vessel Polarstern. Over the past six weeks, they had explored life in ice, ocean and seabed with new robots and camera systems.

  • DP+PP-S5POC

    .940352 Bracher , Astrid ; Wiegmann , Sonja (2022) Phytoplankton pigment concentrations during POLARSTERN cruise PS121 from North Sea to Fram in August to September 2019. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea [...] to 952 nm of underwater light profiles measured at discrete stations with radiometry during RV Polarstern cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Oceam. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931480 Bracher [...] Phytoplankton pigment concentration and phytoplankton groups measured on water samples obtained during POLARSTERN cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Ocean. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911061 Bracher

  • Expedition Interface System - EIS

    recorded step by step. The data within the EIS refer to the actual stay on board Polarstern. The entire cargo for Polarstern must also be recorded via EIS. Individual freight lists can no longer be processed [...] Information EIS The logistic handling of expeditions with FS Polarstern is carried out via a web-based application. The scientific coordination creates expeditions with a voyage leader. The voyage leader

  • Climate Research in the Southern Ocean

    Polarstern Expedition
    The Alfred Wegener Institute has risen to the challenge of undertaking an expedition to the Weddell Sea in the Antarctic under pandemic conditions. Consequently, the participants [...] participants in this year’s first Polarstern expedition will be able to resume their long-term measurements in the Southern Ocean, gathering data that forms the basis for our understanding of polar processes and