Shopping only once a year

Antarctica look after themselves? In a blog post, the team reports on the supplies provided by the Polarstern

Underway observations

PS106/1 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 24. - 30. May 2017
On May 24, 2017 at 12:00 Polarstern has departed for the Arctic Expeditions in summer 2017.

From Longyearbyen through Fram Strait towards Northeast Greenland

Weekly Report No. 1 | 29 June to 5 July 2015
At 8:00 am the embarkment of scientists starts. As Polarstern cannot enter the harbor pier directly, people have to use the Zodiac (Fig.1).

MOSAiC

field expedition to the Central Arctic ever. Key element is the drift of the research icebreaker Polarstern frozen into the pack ice over an entire year. Over all, more than 300 scientists from 17 countries [...] to analyzing and exploiting the data over the coming years to decades. Beyond an ice camp around Polarstern, a distributed network of observations, airborne and satellite observations contribute to the field

MOSAiC Expedition

largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern departed from Tromsø (Norway) and, once it had reached its destination, will spend the next year [...] and Marine Research (AWI). Read more about the expedition on the MOSAiC website. Discover more Polarstern Blog Interview with Markus Rex MOSAiC Media Library MOSAiC Video Portal AWI employee newspaper: [...] newspaper: Special issue MOSAiC MOSAiC Twitter channel MOSAiC-Web-App Live onboard: Follow Polarstern’s current location through the MOSAiC-Web-App. Find out more MOSAiC-Website Our english project website presents

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

A full loaded vessel

PS 117 - Weekly Report No 1 | 15 – 20 December 2018
As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town on 15 December at 4pm, taking off for her 117th expedition to the Antarctic.

A stormy send-off

No. 1 | 5 - 11 December 2021
After a snowy Bremerhaven departure on Dec 5 th 2021 at 13:00, Polarstern made its way through the port, the locks and towards the English Channel.

The Drake Passage – Second Traverse

PS97 Weekly Report No. 5 | 14. - 20. March 2016
During the fifth week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 we left the Antarctic Peninsula area close to Elephant Island to start our second Drake Passage

We are leaving Cape Town

PS103 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 16 - 20 December 2016
16. December, day of departure As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town at 6pm, taking off for her 103rd expedition to the Antarctic