Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Over the previous six weeks, nearly 100 contributing

Expedition starts
Due to retarded work on the Polarstern the departure is delayed - On Sunday, 11 November 2018, the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport of Bremerhaven, bound for

PS116 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 11 - 18 November 2018
RV Polarstern left Bremerhaven on 11th November with the high tide around noon. Due to extensive necessary amendments in the shipyard, the departure

PS116 - Weekly Report No. 2 | 19 - 25 November 2018
The arrival of Polarstern in the port of Las Palmas took a little longer, because the dedicated berth was occupied by another vessel. She drifted

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.

PS117 - Weekly Report No. 4 | 13 - 20 January 2019.
Neumayer, finally! Polarstern took berth about 20 km north of the German Antarctic Station (officially named Neumayer Station III) at the extreme

PS 117 – Weekly Report No. 5 | 21 - 27 January 2019.
Business as usual. Polarstern plows her way through the open waters of the Weddell Sea – the ice cover is at it minimum, subjectively at least –

Antarctic Expedition
A few days ago, the captain and the head of the current Polarstern expedition jointly decided to abandon their efforts to reach the Larsen C Ice Shelf. Since dense sea ice and ice

and Terror Gulf completing two more stations. Another highlight were curtesy visits between the Polarstern and the Argentinian vessel Almirante Irizar.

Trainings an Bord der Polarstern (Foto: Eva Brodte, AWI). Cover: Scholars of the NoSoAT16 (North South Atlantic Transect) programme at the start of the training on board Polarstern (Photo: Eva Brodte, AWI) [...] on previous transit cruises with RV Polarstern. 5 2. WEATHER CONDITIONS Max Miller, Hartmut Sonnabend DWD On Saturday morning, November 12, 2016, 09:50 am, Polarstern left Bremerhaven for the campaign PS102 [...] (NOSOAT) Fig. 3.11: Temperature distribution based on data as collected on Polarstern between 2008 and 2016 The data collected on Polarstern shows no significant change in heat and salinity over the last 8 years