five years
On the weekend of 22 and 23 April, Germany’s largest research vessel, the icebreaker Polarstern, will open her doors to the public as part of the Science Year 2016*17 – Seas and Oceans. As they

send messages of support to those participating in the “March for Science” – from the Open Ship Polarstern event in Bremerhaven, from on board the research ship Heincke, from the Antarctic research station

PS120 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 2 - 9 June 2019
The PS120 Transit on RV „Polarstern“between Port Stanley and Bremerhaven is a research- and training expedition. Twenty-three young scholars, who were chosen [...] taking part in the SoNoAT 2019 „Changing Oceans Changing Future“ programme. This is set upon RV „Polarstern“ as a collaboration of POGO (Partnership for Observations in the Global Oceans), NIPPON FOUNDATION

PS120 - Weekly Report No. 2 | 10 - 16 June 2019
On Friday the 14.06 we arrived at the equator. We stayed put there for a while to measure the different over depth. If one stood on the portside of t

PS120 - Weekly 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

MOSAiC perspective: Provide guidance where to deploy Polarstern in autumn 2019 -> significant logistical constraints Provide drift forecasts for Polarstern during the drift -> multiple potential applications [...] of large-scale research facilities, 3, A119 (2017) Figure 2: Polarstern Helicopter BK 117 - C1. Photo: AWI / M. Steens. Figure 3: Polarstern during the winter experiment in the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) [...] access to the infrastructure RV Polarstern as a supply vessel dx.doi.org/10.17815/jlsrf-3-163Journaloflarge-scaleresearchfacilities,3,A119(2017)Figure2:PolarsternHelicopterBK117-C1.Photo:AWI/M.Steens

mosaic-expedition.org/ Beaufort Sea Moorings (USA), ~10 years www.whoi.edu/beaufortgyre Polarstern 2019-2020 Develop 2D VP, EVP, MC sea ice models and apply for Beaufort Sea and incoming MOSAiC

Expedition
On the evening of 10 August 2019, the research vessel Polarstern will leave her homeport in Bremerhaven. The purpose of the expedition is to conduct studies at a major long-term monitoring [...] climate change on biodiversity in the Arctic. After roughly a month underway, in mid-September Polarstern will reach the Norwegian port of Tromsø, where she’ll receive her final preparations for the o

2019
About a week ago, in the evening hours of August 10 in Bremerhaven, it was “lines off” for Polarstern, as she set course through the initially calm sea towards the long-term observatory area Hausgarten

superlatives: MOSAiC poses a big challenge to all international scientists involved: The drift of Polarstern will be determined by nature and can only be estimated so far in advance. To allow everyone interested