• Archive for German Polar Research

      available only in German, too), on the AWI's Research Vessel "Polarstern (i. e. the Polarstern-Chronicle ) and on the AdP (further readings). Information and Knowledge Ressources on the AGPR holdings (

    • Introductory Literature

      Delius Klasing. Fütterer, Dieter K.; Fahrbach, Eberhard (2008): Polarstern. 25 Jahre Forschung in Arktis und Antarktis. 1. Aufl. Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. Hempel, Gotthilf (Hg.) (1986): Fünf Jahre

    • Christian Haas

      MOSAiC-Expedition. jpg | 366 KB Portrait of Christian Haas next to Polarstern, jpg | 747 KB Media DW (Video) | 08.08.2020 On thin ice: The Arctic and earth's climate Find out more > DW | 05.05.2020 Polarstern

    • Comprehensive assessment of the changing Central Arctic Ocean

      that an international research team is now bringing back from a Polarstern expedition to the Central Arctic. After a four-month-long Arctic season, the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research icebreaker is

    • Mobile pelagic Systems

      12): 15-19. Videoclip (mp4; 61.4MB) showing an AUV dive during Polarstern expedition PS109 in summer 2017

    • Fleet + stations

      research platforms for scientists from all over the world. Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine Stations Helgoland and Sylt

    • PERPLEX

      Alfred Wegener Institute and used during many cruises of the RV Polarstern. PERPLEX allows scientists and chief scientist as well as logisticians and nautical personnel to optimize routes and compare them

    • FRAM Data Integration

      composition and particle size distribution. On board of POLARSTERN, state of the art underway-measuring systems have been installed, their reliability is frequently cross-checked with traditional

    • Library in the Ice

      ’s previous Neumayer Station on board the research icebreaker Polarstern. The laboratories and living quarters of the old station – the second Neumayer Station – were completely covered by ice. “That’s

    • Chronicle

      to 188 million marks (over 96 million euros). Contruction of Polarstern (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Construction of Polarstern II Data June 1979 – The invitation to tender for construction of the [...] crew of the Polarstern even frees a British research ship trapped in the pack ice. Polarstern in the waters off Greenland (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Operations 1982-1989 9 December 1982 – RV Polarstern is taken over by Federal Research Minister Heinz Riesenhuber (*1935). 27 December 1982 – RV Polarstern undertakes its first voyage