• 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

    • Business as usual.

      PS 117 – Weekly Report No. 5 | 21 - 27 January 2019.
      Business as usual. Polarstern plows her way through the open waters of the Weddell Sea – the ice cover is at it minimum, subjectively at least –

    • Ice and water in the Filchner Depression

      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

    • From Longyearbyen through the Northeast Passage towards the Siberian Arctic

      PS115.2 Wochenbericht Nr. 1 | 03.09. – 09.09.18
      Monday (03.09.18). Since early Monday morning “Polarstern“ is anchoring in the Isfjorden, directly off Longyearbyen, and waiting for the new crew and the

    • From the Northern Transect to Halley Bay

      Filchner Depression. Net and water samples as well as short sediment cores kept all research groups on Polarstern busy 24 hours a day.

    • “Groundwork”

      we will provide details about the work of the benthologists and seafloor biogeochemists during Polarstern expedition PS126; their goal is to investigate organisms and processes at the deep seafloor.

    • Towards the Strait of Magellan

      Weekly Report No. 7 | 30 March - 6 April 2016
      For both crew and scientists the last week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 required everyone to dig deep. A varied geological, geophysical and oceanographic

    • Into the Weddell Sea

      | 9 January – 15 January 2017
      9. January 2017 - 3 weeks and 3 days at sea. Yesterday evening Polarstern managed to push herself free between what was formerly fast ice by about half a ship´s length with