• Expedition to Antarctica’s Glaciers

      to these key questions, 50 researchers 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 –

    • RV Polarstern opens its doors to the public

      five years
      On the weekend of 22 and 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

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

      send messages of support to those 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

    • Polarstern in Port Stanley

      PS120 - Weekly 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 [...] taking part in the SoNoAT 2019 „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

    • Polarstern, 07°0´N, 23°48´W

      PS120 - Weekly Report No. 2 | 10 - 16 June 2019
      On Friday the 14.06 we arrived at the equator. We stayed put there for a while to measure the different over depth. If one stood on the portside of t

    • Working in the Ocean

      PS120 - Weekly Report No. 3 | 17 - 23 June 2019
      It is Sunday today on the POLARSTERN. I was delighted with the crispy croissant and apricot jam, which I consumed for breakfast with a delicious cup of

    • Polarstern departs for the Arctic

      Expedition
      On the evening of 10 August 2019, the research vessel Polarstern will leave her homeport in Bremerhaven. The purpose of the expedition is to conduct studies at a major long-term monitoring [...] climate change on biodiversity in the Arctic. After roughly a month underway, in mid-September Polarstern will reach the Norwegian port of Tromsø, where she’ll receive her final preparations for the o

    • Stormy start

      2019
      About a week ago, in the evening hours of August 10 in Bremerhaven, it was “lines off” for Polarstern, as she set course through the initially calm sea towards the long-term observatory area Hausgarten

    • Follow Polarstern’s drift live on your mobile device

      superlatives: MOSAiC poses a big challenge to all international scientists involved: The drift of Polarstern will be determined by nature and can only be estimated so far in advance. To allow everyone interested

    • This Evening Sees the Start of MOSAiC – the Greatest Arctic Research Expedition of All Time

      r a decade of preparations, it’s finally time: this evening at 8:30 p.m. the German icebreaker Polarstern will depart from the Norwegian port of Tromsø. Escorted by the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov