• Organisation

      Organisation of the Alfred Wegener Institute Management Statutes Purchase Department Organisation chart Booster club Staff Units Communications and Media Relations

    • Infrared Based Whale Detection - AWI OZA

      Sea). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 22.3: V-shaped blow of a baleen whale in the Southern Ocean. Note the tilted horizon caused by the ship's roll. Alfred-Wege [...] titut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 23.6 A minke whale blows through a hole it maintains in the solid sea ice during austral winter. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ANT 24.3 The ice [...] blows (next image). Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY 4.0) (Photo: ?) ANT 24.3 A whale blowing at around 1km distance in a lead in the sea ice of the ice covered Southern Ocean. Alfred-Wegener-Institut (CC-BY

    • Heincke Expedition searches for Microplastics

      An eleven-member expedition team is currently underway in the North Atlantic with the Alfred Wegener Institute's research vessel Heincke.

    • Seafloor spreading

      parts of Wegener's inheritance as well as historical images of his expeditions. Related research Geophysics Bathymetry Magnetometer More about Alfred Wegener Continental drift Alfred Wegener [...] Ridge on the globe (Photo: Sina Löschke) It wasn’t until the mid-1960s, around third years after Wegener’s death, that his ideas received recognition in science. Seismological investigations showed that

    • Heinz Miller to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination

      Staff
      Prof. Heinz Miller from the Alfred Wegener Institute has been selected to receive the 2016 SCAR Medal for International Coordination.

    • Architecture

      supporting the great Alfred Wegener on his research expeditions to the Arctic. “...and make sure that one watch is set aside for Rasmus, who will be accompanying us.” Alfred Wegener, 6 October 1930 Rasmus [...] was inaugurated on the “Telegrafenberg” in 1999. View of Wegener House (Building D) (Photo: Hero Lang) A view inside: Level 0A (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] Campus (Klußmannstraße 1) stands a new technical centre for polar and marine research. Here the Alfred Wegener Institute tests and develops new equipment for use in the polar regions and the deep sea. The

    • Argentinian Ambassador visits the AWI

      International cooperation
      On Friday the Argentinian Ambassador S.E. Edgardo Malaroda visited the Alfred Wegener Institute together with the Embassy Secretary Martin Suaya.

    • Representatives of the University of La Rochelle at the AWI

      International Cooperation
      Today, a delegation from the French University of La Rochelle visits the Alfred Wegener Institute to discuss current and future projects.

    • Congratulations!

      The eighth cohort of the NF-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography at the Alfred Wegener Institute successfully completed their training on October 26, 2021.

    • Team

      AWI) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, February 2017 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Section retreat, Gut Ankelohe, June 2019 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)