• Ice and water in the Filchner Depression

      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 Shelf close to 44° W this week.<

    • “Groundwork”

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

    • From Longyearbyen through the Northeast Passage towards the Siberian Arctic

      – 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 new group of scientists, who will

    • From the Northern Transect to Halley Bay

      as well as short sediment cores kept all research groups on Polarstern busy 24 hours a day.

    • Into the Weddell Sea

      . 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 the ebbing tide.

    • Towards the Strait of Magellan

      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 work program was accompanied,

    • Antarctic season ends this weekend

      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 will now be prepared

    • Transit from Tromsø and first research operations in the Northeast Greenland area

      no. 1 | 5th August - 12th August 2018
      The cruise PS115.1 on Polarstern focuses on a geoscientific research program, which has the aim to clarify the geological development of the northern North Atlantic

    • “Groundwork”

      about the work of the biogeochemists and biologists during “Polarstern” expedition PS99.2. Their goal is to investigate organisms and processes at the deep seafloor.

    • Water World

      phyto-opticians, biogeochemists and planktologists during RV Polarstern expedition PS126. Their goal is to investigate the organisms and processes in the water column.