resolution. Precipitation Precipitation measurements on board of Polarstern started at 1994-10-18 (DOSA 450, Friedrichs, Germany). The sensor is unable to measure solid precipitation. Only rain events are

max.schwanitz @ awi.de. _________________________ 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 covered polar areas and 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) Fig. 1) Neumayer III Station

with natural phytoplankton assemblages are planned onboard the Polarstern in the austral summers of 2016 and 2017. In addition, in situ uptake rates and measurements of both, dissolved and particulate

represent a small team who wants to jointly conduct research on POLARSTERN? In this case, you can submit a proposal for secondary use. The number of team members should not exceed 10. You represent a larger [...] You should though, bear in mind that the planning period for POLARSTERN corresponds to 3 years. Since autumn 2017, a review panel, ”Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe” (GPF), organizes the review and evaluation of the proposals for ship time on RV POLARSTERN and HEINCKE. The GPF has the mandate to evaluate the proposals for German research vessels and to make recommendations to the

III will be exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern will transport– as usual – materials and fuel to the Antarctic. However, due to the coronavirus, this season all the staff who

for CoV-2, we moved, according to plan, in two batches to RV Polarstern on December 20. We moved into the chambers, the safety briefing took place in the two groups that were to remain together until

we had sent the 3rd CoV-2 swab from Las Palmas to Bremerhaven, Polarstern continues its journey southwards. The weather is increasingly summerly. Near the Canary Islands, the thermometer already shows 18

Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of

Polarstern Expedition
The Alfred Wegener Institute has risen to the challenge of undertaking an expedition to the Weddell Sea in the [...] conditions. Consequently, the participants in this year’s first Polarstern expedition will be able to resume their long-term measurements in the Southern Ocean, gathering data that forms the basis for our

2018, Liu et al. 2019, Bracher et al. 2020). Past cruises RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-1, Bremerhaven (Germany) to Cape Town (South Africa) in Oct/Nov 2007 RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-4, Punta Arenas (Chile) to [...] ), Oct 2009 RV Polarstern, ANT XXVI-4, Punta Arenas to Bremerhaven, Apr/May 2010 RV Polarstern, ARK XXV-1, Greenland Sea, Bremerhaven to Longyearbyen (Norway [...] Dec 2016-Feb 2017 RV Polarstern, PS107, Fram Strait, Tromsö to Tromsö, Jul-Aug 2017 RV Polarstern, PS113, Atlantc Ocean, Punta Arenas-Bremerhaven, May-Jun 2018