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

that are beyond anything we can imagine” Starting in autumn 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean for an entire year. During the MOSAiC expedition, experts from [...] we can already safely say is that we’ll find higher temperatures and less ice than Nansen did. Polarstern navigiert in der Nacht durch das Eis (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) What will the different phases [...] course of our expedition. We’ll begin in September 2019 and proceed with the research icebreaker Polarstern to the Siberian sea ice, which will still be thin at that time of year. Once there, we’ll look

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

r a decade of preparations, it’s finally time: this evening at 8:30 p.m. the German icebreaker Polarstern will depart from the Norwegian port of Tromsø. Escorted by the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov

Infographic: The Transpolar Drift From autumn 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern will drift through the Arctic Ocean, locked in the ice. During the MOSAiC expedition, experts from 17 nations [...] inaccessible during the long polar night. Further, the drifting sea ice alone will determine Polarstern’s route, which will take it beyond the Northern Lights.

buoys and measurement instruments that is now drifting in the environs of the central observatory Polarstern in a distance of up to 50 kilometres.

Polarstern Expedition
Under the ice of the Arctic, unknown habitats conceal an unexpected variety of living beings. On October 23rd, 46 scientists are expected to return to the home port in Bremerhaven [...] Bremerhaven from an Arctic expedition with the research vessel Polarstern. Over the past six weeks, they had explored life in ice, ocean and seabed with new robots and camera systems.

observing aircrafts (DC3s) with airborne observatories, large ocean and ice breaking vessels (e. g. RV POLARSTERN) and specialized shelf sea research vessels. The AWI fosters polar and marine science all over [...] Fri September 2019 Clothes; Preparing ICYMARE; topics Scholar's lecture;Climate Strike; Farewell Polarstern? Dr.Eva Brodte Bekleidungslager 21 Sat September 2019 22 Sun September 2019 Klimahaus 23 Mon September [...] (REKLIM). Peter Lemke participated in eleven expeditions with the German research icebreaker “Polarstern”. On six expeditions, he acted as chief scientist. In 2016, he was appointed Lead Author for the

Furthermore, strategic replacements of LKII infrastructures during PoF IV are planned: Polarstern II for Polarstern (call for tender ongoing); Meteor IV for both Meteor III and Poseidon (likely to be operated [...] .................................................................................... 269 11 RV Polarstern .............................................................................................. [...] our Future’.XVIII Abbreviations and Acronyms RVHE Research Vessel Heincke RVPS Research Vessel Polarstern RWTH Aachen Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, RWTH Aachen University S2S Su