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    • Setting sail to a region in rapid transition

      With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer Weddell Sea Outflow Study" (SWOS) international expedition will commence. Up to early [...] and ocean system, but one that can only be explored on site by research icebreakers such as the Polarstern due to challenging sea ice conditions.

    • Shopping only once a year

      Antarctica look after themselves? In a blog post, the team reports on the supplies provided by the Polarstern

    • South Georgia - Gate to Antarctica

      2019
      After the departure from Punta Arenas and an 8-hourly passage through the Magellan Strait RV Polarstern started a 4-day transit bound for South Georgia. This time without station work was used by our

    • Statement on Call for Tenders for Polarstern’s Successor

      Polarstern
      Prof Antje Boetius, Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute: “We were extremely pleased and relieved to pick up on the signals from the political community that the Budget Committee of the [...] the German Bundestag has opted to provide funding for the procurement of the Polarstern II. Thanks to this wonderful news from the Adjustment Session on the Federal Budget for 2022, we have come a major [...] closer to acquiring a modern, high-performance and sustainable successor to our research icebreaker Polarstern."

    • Stormy Departures

      February 2016
      At midnight between the 19-20th of February we finally had the get-go for the FS Polarstern PS97 Expedition. It was a long way to this very point. An advance group had arrived in Punta Arenas [...] containers from the previous Antarctic Expedition PS96 with our materials. Unfortunately the FS Polarstern could not access the Mardones container loading pier in Punta Arenas, as it was still being occupied

    • 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

    • Student training on Polarstern’s transit to the Antarctic

      This weekend, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to depart from her homeport in Bremerhaven. In addition to the crew, 33 scientific expedition participants will be on board – primarily young

    • Sub-Antarctic Islands

      PS97 Weekly Report No. 4 | 7 - 13 March 2016
      The fourth week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 was entirely devoted to work on and surrounding the Sub-Antarctic Islands. For many of us this week will

    • Successful series of measurements in Arctic sea ice – RV Polarstern completes work in the Fram Strait and enters port in Reykjavik

      Press release

    • Summer School "Climate and Ocean" on RV Polarstern

      Expedition
      On Saturday, November 12th, the research vessel Polarstern will set off for a one-month expedition towards Cape Town from Bremerhaven. On board there are 25 outstanding young scientists from