students coming from 10 nations embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

3 | 4 January – 8 January 2017
4 January 2017, 2 weeks and 5 days at sea. The morning finds Polarstern alongside the ice shelf edge, or, more precisely, at the north-eastern berth of Atka Sea Port.

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).

___ Diving from RV Polarstern RV Polarstern (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) The research vessel Polarstern operates in the southern and arctic ocean. As an icebreaker RV Polarstern enables to enter ice [...] North Sea or the Atlantic from the RV Heincke . Dives from our larger research vessels (incl. RV Polarstern) are done using RHIB’S or inflatables according to the ESDP-guidelines „Scientific diving from [...] to conduct diving supported underwater research under ice shields. For further details about RV Polarstern click here . _________________________ Diving at the German Polar Station Neumayer III (Antarctica)

online and off-line instrumentation (high volume and size-resolved samplers), was installed on Polarstern on the upper deck to measure in-situ atmospheric aerosol physical-chemical properties.

and Terror Gulf completing two more stations. Another highlight were curtesy visits between the Polarstern and the Argentinian vessel Almirante Irizar.

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

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

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 –

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