• Further to the North and two more stations

      and Terror Gulf completing two more stations. Another highlight were curtesy visits between the Polarstern and the Argentinian vessel Almirante Irizar.

    • Turbulent recirculation

      PS100 – Wochenbericht Nr. 2 | 25. Juli - 31. Juli 2016
      Meanwhile R/V Polarstern has reached the northernmost location planned for the GRIFF expedition. The last week was characterized by intense station

    • The Expedition PS 99 from Bremerhaven to Tromsø

      PS99 Summary| 13 June - 16 July 2016
      The RV Polarstern expedition PS99 to the Arctic will start on 13 June 2016 in Bremerhaven and lead to study areas northwest of Bear Island, south of Spitsbergen

    • Same procedure as every year: „Gardening“ in the deep Arctic Ocean

      students coming from 10 nations embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

    • At Neumayer Station

      3 | 4 January – 8 January 2017
      4 January 2017, 2 weeks and 5 days at sea. The morning finds Polarstern alongside the ice shelf edge, or, more precisely, at the north-eastern berth of Atka Sea Port.

    • The Drake Passage – Second Traverse

      PS97 Weekly Report No. 5 | 14. - 20. March 2016
      During the fifth week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 we left the Antarctic Peninsula area close to Elephant Island to start our second Drake Passage

    • We are leaving Cape Town

      PS103 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 16 - 20 December 2016
      16. December, day of departure As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town at 6pm, taking off for her 103rd expedition to the Antarctic

    • Neumayer and beyond

      PS111 – Weekly Report No. 2 | 27 January - 2 February 2018
      Now we have arrived – Polarstern makes her way easily through the disintegrating winter sea ice cover, heading for the northeastern edge of

    • A full loaded vessel

      PS 117 - Weekly Report No 1 | 15 – 20 December 2018
      As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town on 15 December at 4pm, taking off for her 117th expedition to the Antarctic.

    • A stormy send-off

      No. 1 | 5 - 11 December 2021
      After a snowy Bremerhaven departure on Dec 5 th 2021 at 13:00, Polarstern made its way through the port, the locks and towards the English Channel.