• Technology

      al. Ocean Science 2016) Automatic filtration system on board Polarstern (Photo: Katja Metfies)

    • Polarstern sets sail for the Antarctic

      Expedition
      On Wednesday 20 December 2017, the research vessel Polarstern set sail south from Bremerhaven. After a stop in Cape Town, it will deliver supplies to the Neumayer Station III, and the researchers

    • Neumayer and beyond

      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 Ekström Ice Shelf.<br

    • Editorial

      fronts? Antarctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern take us to the stormy seas of the “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” and to the majestic silence of the ice-covered ocean

    • Ice and water in the Filchner Depression

      conditions and stable weather with southwesterly winds enabled Polarstern to go far south into the Filchner Depression and to cross directly in front of the Filchner Ice Shelf close to 44° W this week.<

    • From the Northern Transect to Halley Bay

      as well as short sediment cores kept all research groups on Polarstern busy 24 hours a day.

    • Leaving Punta Arenas

      On 7th May the cruise participants were brought on board the Polarstern at anchor offshore by a harbour launch.

    • The Tropical North Atlantic: Cold in the Water, Dust in the Sky

      skies with only a few clouds, but with strong head-winds for Polarstern. By crossing the northern tropic, the Tropic of Cancer, at 23° 26’ 05” North during the night of 31st May to 1st June we have left

    • How is the ecosystem around the Antarctic Peninsula changing?

      Polarstern expedition draws to a close in Bremerhaven
      In the autumn, the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula were still home to [...] during this year’s Antarctic season on board the research vessel Polarstern, which will end when, on Monday 11 June 2018, the ship returns to its homeport, Bremerhaven, after nearly six months at sea.

    • Summer School "Climate and Ocean" on RV Polarstern

      Expedition
      On Saturday, November 12th, the research vessel Polarstern will set off for a one-month expedition towards Cape Town from Bremerhaven. On board there are 25 outstanding young scientists