From Longyearbyen through the Northeast Passage towards the Siberian Arctic

    PS115.2 Wochenbericht Nr. 1 | 03.09. – 09.09.18
    Monday (03.09.18). Since early Monday morning “Polarstern“ is anchoring in the Isfjorden, directly off Longyearbyen, and waiting for the new crew and the

    From the Northern Transect to Halley Bay

    Filchner Depression. Net and water samples as well as short sediment cores kept all research groups on Polarstern busy 24 hours a day.

    Further to the North and two more stations

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

    GROCE

    x 25 km, ice thickness: 100 to 600 m). In 2016, we reached the glacier’s calving front with R/V Polarstern —the first research vessel ever to do so—and discovered an astonishingly rapid inflow of warm Atlantic

    German Council of Science and Humanities recommends Building of Polarstern II

    Press release

    German research vessel Polarstern discovers abandoned Russian station on ice floe

    Press release

    German research vessel Polarstern in New Zealand for the first time

    Press release

    Giant sponge gardens discovered on seamounts in the Arctic deep sea

    Bremerhaven and Kiel and their international partners discovered this unique hotspot of life during a POLARSTERN expedition and now report their findings in the journal Nature Communications . They stress the

    Glaciology

    multi-disciplinary teams. The infrastructure we are using are AWI’s airborne platforms Polar 5/6 and Polarstern, the permanent and summer stations Neumayer III and Kohnen, ice and clean room laboratories, ice

    Graduate School POLMAR

    Training program: International guest scientists Ship-based training with e.g. RV Heincke or RV Polarstern Transferable skills courses Career workshops and information events Financial support for: Continuing