• The 100th expedition

      July 2016
      In the evening of 18 July the research ice breaker Polarstern left the port of Tromsö (Norway) in cloudy and windy conditions to start its 100th expedition. On board there are scientists from

    • Purchasing

      Forschungsstrategie-Entwicklung einer Forschungsstrategie Tender Polarstern II Construction and ready-to-operate delivery of the icebreaking polar research and supply vessel POLARSTERN II PLEASE NOTE: Series

    • The East Scotia Ridge – where new seafloor grows

      Easter. At first priority stands a big thanks to the crew of RV Polarstern as they decorated the public areas and canteens to create an Easterly feeling on board.

    • Exploring Greenland’s 79 North Glacier

      Expedition
      Following a five-month journey, the research vessel Polarstern returned to its homeport in Bremerhaven on the evening of Friday, 13 October. During the most recent expedition, the vessel reached

    • Week 5: From Longyearbyen around Svalbard

      biogeochemical partners, wales and seals occasionally approached Polarstern.

    • Transit cruise from Punta Arenas to Las Palmas

      20 March - 11 April 2017
      This year’s return journey of RV Polarstern from Antarctica began with the departure in Punta Arenas in the evening of March 20, 2017. We left a bit earlier than scheduled

    • Training in Sediment Acoustics

      20 Masters and PhD students and 5 instructors boarded the R/V Polarstern in Las Palmas. Some of those who have already been on board from Punta Arenas for more than three weeks, took the occasion to make

    • The “floating summer school” begins

      was cast off at 13:00 h on the dot. Two tugboats maneuvered Polarstern into the lock. Once in the Weser she starts steaming and leaves Bremerhaven southbound for the Antarctic season 2015/16. 43 crew

    • Vanished Without a Trace: No Organic Carbon Fingerprint Left by Antarctic Shelf Processes

      collected during two expeditions aboard the research icebreaker Polarstern to investigate how life and changing conditions on the Antarctic continental shelf affect carbon carried into the deep ocean.

    • Working in the Ocean

      Report No. 3 | 17 - 23 June 2019
      It is Sunday today on the POLARSTERN. I was delighted with the crispy croissant and apricot jam, which I consumed for breakfast with a delicious cup of creamy coffee