InnoLab for Arctic Research

for the Study of Arctic Climate ). From fall 2019 to fall 2020, the German research icebreaker POLARSTERN drifted frozen through the Arctic Ocean. The data collected will be valuable for generations to

Insurance

the AWI-Intranet (AWI employees only) or on request from Mrs. Kniemeyer-Schulze. Participants in Polarstern expeditions receive the documents in the Expedition Interface System (EIS).

Interview Wunderlich

"Nothing can be taken for granted or planned" The German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting through the Arctic Ocean for a year since autumn 2019. Scientists from 20 nations explore the central [...] Thomas Wunderlich took command of his colleague Stefan Schwarze. Contrary to the original planning, Polarstern had to leave the ice to carry out exchanges and supplies at Svalbard. Thomas Wunderlich talks about [...] . What was the journey from Svalbard back to the MOSAiC floe like, and how did it compare with Polarstern Captain Stefan Schwarze’s experiences on the way south? Thomas Wunderlich: We had the advantage

Interview with Markus Rex

that are beyond anything we can imagine” Starting in autumn 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean for an entire year. During the MOSAiC expedition, experts from [...] we can already safely say is that we’ll find higher temperatures and less ice than Nansen did. Polarstern navigiert in der Nacht durch das Eis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What will the different phases [...] course of our expedition. We’ll begin in September 2019 and proceed with the research icebreaker Polarstern to the Siberian sea ice, which will still be thin at that time of year. Once there, we’ll look

Interviews on the anniversary of Neumayer Station III

he is in charge of the meteorological observatories at the station and on the research vessel Polarstern. 1. There are already two predecessors of Neumayer Station III and, of course, several other research

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

Into the ice – RV Polarstern opens the arctic season by setting course for Spitsbergen

Press release
On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute

Introductory Literature

Polarforschung. 1. Aufl. Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. Fütterer, Dieter K.; Fahrbach, Eberhard (2008): Polarstern. 25 Jahre Forschung in Arktis und Antarktis. 1. Aufl. Bielefeld: Delius Klasing. Hempel, Gotthilf

Iron limitation and cycling

board the RV Polarstern in collaboration with Dr. Christel Hassler (Swiss Polar Institute) from 16 February 2016 to 8th April 2016 (PS97, ANT-XXXI/3). The ProIron team onboard Polarstern in February 2016

JAGO and Polarstern, an unbeatable team on a coldwater coral expedition in Arctic ocean

Press release