somewhat older models, like the Polarstern, which has been traversing the icy waters of the high north and deep south since 1982. On an average of 300 days a year, the Polarstern can be found forging her way [...] deliver a better eco-balance than other forms of transportation, but also because on board the Polarstern, the available resources are used as sparingly as possible. For example, the 118-metre-long ship [...] dioxide. Moreover, the ship doesn’t run on fuel oil, but diesel, a significantly cleaner choice. “The Polarstern bunkers the cleanest variant available, DMA, which is nearly as good as the diesel used in commercial

North American plate drift apart by a few millimetres every year. Using the research icebreaker “POLARSTERN” scientists study this system of ridges and investigate the effects of the mechanisms involved

precession magnetometers that can be set up to measure continuously for days or weeks unattended. On Polarstern, two fluxgate three-component magnetometers are mounted on the crow's nest where they continuously [...] software after completing precise circular manouevres at various points during a science cruise. Polarstern also acts as a base for two helicopters, either of which can be set up to tow a Scintrex Caesium

and snow program of the MOSAiC expedition. During the one-year drift of the research icebreaker Polarstern, he himself spent five months on board of the vessel. Marcel Nicolaus is heavily involved in training

Expedition
After half a year in the Southern Hemisphere, the research icebreaker Polarstern will soon return to her homeport, Bremerhaven. Following a season of work focusing on sea ice, the icebreaker

the past couple weeks we have reached South Africa and shut down the hydroacoustics, as well as Polarsterns underway measurements. Underway CTD casts of two times per day have also ended. This was the last

expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid in deep water in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The results from Stockholm

Bremerhaven and Kiel and their international partners discovered this unique hotspot of life during a POLARSTERN expedition and now report their findings in the journal Nature Communications . They stress the

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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.