PS106/2 - Weekly Report No. 7 | 2 - 9 July 2017
During our northward transect, Polarstern bit its way through heavy sea ice, hard as concrete and covered with a thick layer of snow. This altogether

2017
After concluding our 4 th ice station at the northernmost location of this expedition, Polarstern set a south-westerly course, heading for the position of our well-known PASCAL ice floe of PS 106/1 [...] mostly gentle passage through the ice. Our journey was inter-spaced with stations where we set out Polarstern’s rubber boats Laura and Luisa to sample the surface microlayer, conducted CTD casts and performed

departed from Tromsø and enjoyed the marvellous weather. The sun was shining from a blue sky while POLARSTERN passed the fjords towards the North-Atlantic. Finally, we are let loose. In particular, the newbies

to eat. The ice alga Melosira arctica has proven to be an extremely good light harvester. On a Polarstern One of the many melt ponds that form on the sea ice of the Arctic in summer shimmers turquoise-blue [...] surface to a depth of 4,000 metres – and had done so within a period of barely two months. On future Polarstern expeditions AWI researchers will examine what long-term impacts the decline in sea The Arctic [...] involves a regular exchange regarding new findings and research methods, but also jointly planned Polarstern expeditions to the central Arctic Ocean. To understand how climate change is altering the Arctic

publications Near real time data Air Temperature 10,3 °C Polarstern 9,8 °C Heincke 7,3 °C Neumayer III 16,9 °C AWIPEV PS100 Polarstern PS100 Polarstern Screenshot of the new AWI data portal - www.data.awi [...] publications Near real time data Air Temperature 10,3 °C Polarstern 9,8 °C Heincke 7,3 °C Neumayer III 16,9 °C AWIPEV PS100 Polarstern PS100 Polarstern Graphic: Medieningenieure Bremen/ Sabine Lüdeling; Photo: [...] Deployment of SWIPS underwater winch system from onboard of R/V POLARSTERN. Photo: AWI/ Thomas Soltwedel Releasing PAUL from onboard of R/V POLARSTERN with the assistance of a Zodiac team. Photo: AWI/ Johannes

PS108 - Weekly Report No. 1. | 22 - 28 August 2017
On Tuesday August 22 at 19:00 POLARSTERN left Tromsö with an unusual freight on board into direction of Svalbard. Unusual, because 10 of the 40 scientists

Report No. 1 | 12 - 17 September 2017
In the evening of 12 September the research icebreaker R/V Polarstern left the port of Tromsø (Norway). On board there are scientists from seven nations who cover the

multi-net Midi (Hydrobios) hauls, we have conducted parallel sampling of zooplankton during a RV Polarstern cruise. Both sampling devices were equipped with nets of 150 µm mesh size and vertically towed

observing aircrafts (DC3s) with airborne observatories, large ocean and ice breaking vessels (e. g. RV Polarstern) and specialized shelf sea research vessels. • The AWI fosters polar and marine science all over

observing aircrafts (DC3s) with airborne observatories, large ocean and ice breaking vessels (e. g. RV POLARSTERN) and specialized shelf sea research vessels. x The AWI fosters polar and marine science all over [...] Research in Bremerhaven and was the director until 1992. He initiated the construction of the RV Polarstern. He also held the position of director at the Institute of Polar Ecology at the Guide for Scholars [...] Centre, UK. He has participant in / been group leader in 11 research expeditions, including 6 Polarstern expeditions to the Arctic. He currently lecturers at the Hochschule Bremerhaven and the University