• Ocean: FRAM

    Project coordination: Martina Loebl Download FRAM-Broschüre Research und logistics Info for expedition participants Cruise planning Publications FRAM Data from FRAM [...] and biological data in high temporal and spatial resolution. Research Areas Fram Strait and Central Arctic Starting point for FRAM are two AWI long term observatories: the moorings in West Spitsbergen Current [...] its importance for the global ocean circulation the Fram Strait has long since been a focus area of AWI scientists. A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data that will

  • Tara Polar Station

    starting in summer 2026. Before this, different test campaigns are planned, including a shorter drift in Fram Strait in summer 2025 and winter experiments in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in

  • Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

    that flows from Europe’s Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean, passing through the Barents Sea and the Fram Strait in the process. However, not all the Atlantic water flowing into the Barents Sea reaches the

  • Arctic Zooplankton

    php/cleopatra-ii ) Transdrift: The transpolar system of the Arctic Ocean: ( www.transdrift.info ) Fram: Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring Members of the working group PD. Dr. Barbara Niehoff (head) Dr. Astrid

  • Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance

    determines the sea ice volume flux in Fram Strait region and other key areas. Results are used to quantify whether coupled sea ice ocean models are capable of reproducing Fram Strait sea ice volume fluxes correctly [...] of Arctic sea ice are changes of ice volume export rates through major gates of the Arctic, such as Fram Strait. The Sea Ice Physics group investigates to what extent ice volume loss through major export

  • Completed Projects

    Thomas Rackow | Tido Semmler Follow ESM on Twitter @project_esm More information about this project FRAM FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring Our ability to understand the complex interactions of biological [...] and interdisciplinary observation infrastructures. The main purpose of the open-ocean infrastructure FRAM is permanent presence at sea, from surface to depth, for the provision of near real-time data on Earth [...] system dynamics, climate variability and ecosystem change. The Climate Dynamics section supports the FRAM infrastructure program with high-resolution ocean and sea-ice simulations. Vibe Schourup-Kristensen

  • Publications, Contributions & Outreach Activities - AWI OZA

    multi-year analysis of acoustic occurrence and habitat use of blue and fin whales in eastern and central Fram Strait. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0314369. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314369 Trathan PN, Savoca [...] Acoustic presence and vocal repertoire of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern and central Fram Strait. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.907105 Duengen D, Burkhardt [...] Spiesecke S, Thomisch K (2020). Vocal behaviour of bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) in eastern Fram Strait. Paper SC/68/NH/03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from:

  • Team - AWI OZA

    ecological role of marine mammals in the Arctic Ocean. Data stem from the interdisciplinary Arctic FRAM ocean observatory, which provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into these interrelationships [...] environmental alterations triggered by climate change, such as sea-ice decline. Using data collected in Fram Strait, I am investigating potential impacts of climate change on the acoustic presence of endemic [...] Patterns in the Acoustic Presence and Vocal Behaviour of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Eastern Fram Strait Diandra Duengen (2019), Master Uni Oldenburg Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) distribution

  • Team

    Steinhöfel-Sasgen, Grit Postdoc Terbrüggen, Anja Engineer Torres Valdes, Sinhue Senior Scientist, "FRAM" Völker, Christoph Senior Scientist Wuttig, Kathrin Postdoc Wollenburg, Jutta Senior Scientist Ye

  • Brochures and Reports

    Regions Knowledge on fish and their ecology in the Arctic Ocean Brochures AWI image brochure Brochure FRAM FOCUS on: Climate Research Brochure Coastal Research Brochure Climate Research Brochure Polar Ecosystems