On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next two months, an international [...] the measurements and, at the outset of the expedition, the Polarstern will support the first ice testing of the new French Tara Polar Station research platform.

represent a small team who wants to jointly conduct research on POLARSTERN? In this case, you can submit a proposal for secondary use. The number of team members should not exceed 10. You represent a larger [...] You should though, bear in mind that the planning period for POLARSTERN corresponds to 3 years. Since autumn 2017, a review panel, ”Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe” (GPF), organizes the review and evaluation of the proposals for ship time on RV POLARSTERN and HEINCKE. The GPF has the mandate to evaluate the proposals for German research vessels and to make recommendations to the

Polarstern expedition draws to a close in Bremerhaven
In the autumn, the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula were still home to [...] during this year’s Antarctic season on board the research vessel Polarstern, which will end when, on Monday 11 June 2018, the ship returns to its homeport, Bremerhaven, after nearly six months at sea.

the 19-20th of February we finally had the get-go for the FS Polarstern PS97 Expedition. It was a long way to this very point. An advance group had arrived in Punta Arenas six days prior to aid in [...] Expedition PS96 with our materials. Unfortunately the FS Polarstern could not access the Mardones container loading pier in Punta Arenas, as it was still being occupied by a delayed freight ship.

vent fields during expedition PS137 on board the icebreakers Polarstern and Kronprins Haakon. Icebreakers Kronprins Haakon and Polarstern at the Aurora Hydrothermal Ventfield (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut

Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Zooplankton time series of the Polarstern expeditions Background Several long-term data sets exist which have been collected on RV Polarstern for the past 30 years but [...] adjacent areas such as the Scotia and Lazarev Seas Summary of Polarstern stations in the Antarctic where zooplankton was sampled and analyzed (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

ECR). Both are working on geoscientific data sets from the FS Polarstern-EASI expeditions in order to decipher the glacial and climate history of East Antarctica more reliably. > Bernd Rendel Price 2025 [...] First amber find on the Antarctic continent > Research vessel Polarstern sets course for East Antarctica

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. This time, many open leads [...] 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 hauls with our full range of

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

was first implemented to its full extend in 2012/13 during Polarstern expedition ANT-XXIX/2, yet subsets of the system existed in various configurations since 2002, allowing for the development and [...] positions (green) of ice-resilient Argo floats deployed during Polarstern expedition PS 103. (copy 2) Fig. 5. Schematic of mooring array extending from Kapp Norvegia towards the Antarctic Peninsula, deployed during Polarstern expedition PS 103. Moorings are anchored at the bottom by weights and held upright through floatation elements (both not shown).