• 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

  • Label-PS-Fracht_ab_BRV.docx

    group leader on board. (To be used for freight to Polarstern. Delivery via AWI-Warehouse Bremerhaven) AWI Operations & Research Platforms, POLARSTERN Expeditions, Freightlabel Version 2015-02 [...] ABC123 Sender / Consignor: University Knuffingen Mail@Uni-Knuffi.de Recipient / Addressee: RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) How to… The ID-Nr. here and at the freight list must be identical [...] Muster ID-Nr.: ABC123Responsible person. Can be identical with recipient. Recipient / Addressee: RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) Sender / Consignor: University Knuffingen Mail@Uni-Knuffi

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  • The symbol 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. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more [...] latest technologies available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. What’s on the odometer? By June 2025, the research icebreaker Polarstern had logged 1,963,207 nautical miles. One nautical [...] Today she’s one of the world’s most advanced and versatile polar research ships in the world. The Polarstern operates an average of 305 days a year, typically cruising in the Antarctic from November to March

  • 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

  • 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

  • Label-PS-Fracht_Hafen_Ausland.docx

    recipient or group leader on board. (To be used for freight to Polarstern. Delivery via any foreign port) AWI Operations & Research Platforms, POLARSTERN Expeditions, Freightlabel Version 2015-02 [...] Expedition: PS101 Name: Max Muster ID-Nr.: ABC123 Receipient / Addressee: In transit to: Master of RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) c/o Agency – Name (see Deadlines) Agency – Address (see Deadlines) [...] person. Can be identical with recipient. Receipient / Addressee: In transit to: Master of RV "POLARSTERN" Attn.: (Name of recipient on board) c/o Agency – Name (see Deadlines) Agency – Address (see Deadlines)

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  • 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.

  • 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

  • Passive Acoustic Monitoring - AWI OZA

    for diver safety in the vicinity of Polarstern, and PAM recordings at a separate site 60nm from Polarstern for 12h at 192 kHz. 2005 Polarstern expedition ANT-XXII/3 doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0533_2006 [...] monitoring. 2014/15 Acoustic mensuration of RV Polarstern during expedition PS89 doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0689_2015 To capture the sound field of RV Polarstern as experienced by a marine mammal close to [...] this species' behavioural activity. 2010/11 Polarstern expedition ANT-XXVII/2 doi.org/10.2312/BzPM_0634_2011 Field Recordings at Rothera 2009 Polarstern expedition ANT-XXV/2 doi.org/10.2