• Further to the North and two more stations

      stations. Another highlight were curtesy visits between the Polarstern and the Argentinian vessel Almirante Irizar.

    • ROV in Antarctic waters

      Polarstern Expedition
      Where the Earth’s plates meet, there is evidence of their motion. An expedition of the Research Vessel Polarstern

    • Departure to our research area in the Scotia Sea

      2019
      On Monday, 15th of April 2019, at 13:48 local time RV POLARSTERN left her mooring at position C in front of the harbour of Punta Arenas for a 3-day transit toward her first research area in the

    • South Georgia - Gate to Antarctica

      Arenas and an 8-hourly passage through the Magellan Strait RV Polarstern started a 4-day transit bound for South Georgia. This time without station work was used by our 51 scientists from Germany, USA,

    • The East Scotia Ridge – where new seafloor grows

      Easter. At first priority stands a big thanks to the crew of RV Polarstern as they decorated the public areas and canteens to create an Easterly feeling on board.

    • An international team of young researchers on board the Polarstern

      Falkland Islands to Bremerhaven on board the research icebreaker Polarstern as part of a summer school. On the ‘South-North Atlantic Training Transect’ they will gain unique insights into the marine sciences

    • Expedition to Antarctica’s Glaciers

      on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessel Polarstern are going to depart from Punta Arenas (Chile) on 6 February 2017, bound for the Amundsen Sea – the region of the Antarctic currently

    • RV Polarstern opens its doors to the public

      23 April, Germany’s largest research vessel, the icebreaker Polarstern, will open her doors to the public as part of the Science Year 2016*17 – Seas and Oceans. As they walk about the ship, visitors

    • The Alfred Wegener Institute supports the “March for Science”

      participating in the “March for Science” – from the Open Ship Polarstern event in Bremerhaven, from on board the research ship Heincke, from the Antarctic research station Neumayer III, and from the

    • Polarstern in Port Stanley

      Report No. 1 | 2 - 9 June 2019
      The PS120 Transit on RV „Polarstern“between Port Stanley and Bremerhaven is a research- and training expedition. Twenty-three young scholars, who were chosen from [...] Changing Oceans Changing Future“ programme. This is set upon RV „Polarstern“ as a collaboration of POGO (Partnership for Observations in the Global Oceans), NIPPON FOUNDATION and AtlantOS.