• Leaving Punta Arenas

      extremity of Chile is harsh anyway. On 7th May the cruise participants were brought on board the Polarstern at anchor offshore by a harbour launch.

    • From the Northern Transect to Halley Bay

      Filchner Depression. Net and water samples as well as short sediment cores kept all research groups on Polarstern busy 24 hours a day.

    • Ice and water in the Filchner Depression

      February 2018
      Favourable ice 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • From Advent into the New Year

      PS110 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 20 December 2017 - 3 January 2018
      According to the schedule Polarstern left Bremerhaven at high tide and in tight fog on 20th December, 2017. On board are 44 crew members

    • Exploring Greenland’s 79 North Glacier

      Expedition
      Following a five-month journey, the research vessel Polarstern returned to its homeport in Bremerhaven on the evening of Friday, 13 October. During the most recent expedition, the vessel

    • Polarstern returns to its homeport with precious cargo

      Antarctic expedition completed
      The research vessel Polarstern is expected to enter its homeport with the early-morning high tide on Thursday, 20 April 2017, marking the end of a five-month season in [...] have been unloaded, preparations will begin for the “Open Ship” event on 22 and 23 April, when the Polarstern will open her doors to the public.

    • The forerunners of Greenland

      Report No. 1 | 12 - 17 September 2017
      In the evening of 12 September the research icebreaker R/V Polarstern left the port of Tromsø (Norway). On board there are scientists from seven nations who cover the

    • Expedition „ROBEX-DM“

      PS108 - Weekly Report No. 1. | 22 - 28 August 2017
      On Tuesday August 22 at 19:00 POLARSTERN left Tromsö with an unusual freight on board into direction of Svalbard. Unusual, because 10 of the 40 scientists