• Antarctic phytoplankton ecology & biogeochemistry

    used this Ultra Clean Sampling device successfully during the Polarstern expeditions the G EOTRACES Process Study PS133 Island Impact and the GEOTRACES cruise ArcWatch 2 . Trace metal analytical pipeline

  • Research infrastructure

    Ocean: FRAM Water: COSYNA Meteorology Geophysics Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine Stations Helgoland and Sylt

  • Ice Stations

    zones. Here at AWI, we are mostly using our own ice breaker RV Polarstern, but we are also involved in expeditions by partner institutes with their vessels. During these expeditions, we are performing

  • Student training on Polarstern’s transit to the Antarctic

    This weekend, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to depart from her homeport in Bremerhaven. In addition to the crew, 33 scientific expedition participants will be

  • Deep Sea

    taken with a camera system towed by the research icebreaker Polarstern captured countless nests of the ice fish species Neopagetopsis ionah on the seafloor, at depths from 420 to 535 metres. There, an

  • Infrastructure, Services, and Support

    network: from building to building, from site to site, from Polarstern to Neumayer III Station, AWI-wide identity management and the provision of staff and guests with credentials and affiliations,

  • Research Vessel and cutter

    The fleet of the Alfred Wegener Institute RV Polarstern RV Mya II RV Heincke MB Aade FS Uthörn

  • Software

    and has been improved during countless research cruises of RV Polarstern. Find out more The TsunAWI modeling tool has been developed within the framework of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning

  • Publications

    eis-arktis-framstrasse-1.5105845 Bracher et al. FMARS (2020) on Atlantic Polarstern expedition phytoplankton group data as highlight within "New Publications" section at IOCCG May 2020: Newsletter: ioccg.org

  • Guide to Holdings

    & Westerich Company with regard to the construction of RV Polarstern (AE 3). Moreover, the AWI's spin off company "Training and Education Centre Hydography at AWI" (AWITECH) adds to this section. On