to be transported to RV Polarstern or to the Neumayer Station III. Only HPAI samples taken in accordance with the advice by the HPAI Task Force are allowed onboard RV Polarstern or in the Neumayer Station [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Hand-Disinfectant www.fishersci.de/shop/products/sterillium-classic-pure-hand-disinfectant/p-8000891 AWI Shop: 9803901 Neumayer: yes Polarstern: yes FFP2 [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no FFP3 Masks www.fishersci.de/shop/products/ffp3-disposable-respirator-face-mask-2/16639422 AWI Shop: 4046719487332 Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Boots/Shoes

at the AWI sites Neumayer Station III in the Antarctic, AWIPEV in the Arctic and the people on Polarstern are also taking part in the climate strike. Database with AWI experts Service for media and event

Press release

biogeochemists will embark on a joint expedition headed for Svalbard. On board the research vessel Polarstern from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) all of

Press release

Polarstern expedition draws to a close in Bremerhaven
In the autumn, the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula were still home to large quantities of krill and salps, ready to spawn. Thanks to [...] such changes was a central topic 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

Expedition start
On the 6th of January, the research vessel Polarstern set off from Cape Town in South Africa for an expedition of around eight weeks to the Antarctic. Extensive preventative measures [...] further planned expeditions in the coming years. Interested parties can follow this and subsequent Polarstern expeditions live in a new app.

understanding of the polar sea ice zones. Here at AWI, we are mostly using our own ice breaker RV Polarstern, but we are also involved in expeditions by partner institutes with their vessels. During these

February 2018
Favourable ice conditions and stable weather with southwesterly winds enabled Polarstern to go far south into the Filchner Depression and to cross directly in front of the Filchner Ice

Area PI IceBird Winter Mar-Apr, 2025 GS, LiS, CAO, FS Christian Haas IceBird Summer (parallel to Polarstern CONTRAST expedition) Jul-Aug, 2025 LiS, CAO, FS Gerit Birnbaum IceBird Winter Mar-Apr, 2026 GS