• Arctic Zooplankton

    php/cleopatra-ii ) Transdrift: The transpolar system of the Arctic Ocean: ( www.transdrift.info ) Fram: Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring Members of the working group PD. Dr. Barbara Niehoff (head) Dr. Astrid

  • LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN

    Wegener Institute established the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait. HAUSGARTEN observatory displays 21 permanent stations covering a water depth range of 250 [...] HAUSGARTEN observatory is successively extended within the frame of the HGF infrastructure project FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring). Contact: T. Soltwedel, M. Bergmann, C. Hasemann , E.-M. Nöthig

  • Cruise_Report_2022_MSM.pdf

    LTER HAUSGARTEN 2022 Long-Term Ecological Research in the Fram Strait Cruise No. MSM108 June 06 – July 03, 2022 Tromsø (Norway) – Tromsø (Norway) FRAM 2022 T. Soltwedel, V. Asendorf, T. Barthelmeß, J. Barz [...] infrastructure projects (e.g. FRAM, ARCHES, INTAROS, ICOS, SIOS). The work extended the time-series studies at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN in the Fram Strait between NE Greenland [...] used to accomplish further installations for the HGF infrastructure project FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring). The FRAM Ocean Observing System aims at permanent presence at sea, from surface to

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  • Publications, Contributions & Outreach Activities - AWI OZA

    multi-year analysis of acoustic occurrence and habitat use of blue and fin whales in eastern and central Fram Strait. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0314369. DOI: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314369 Trathan PN, Savoca [...] Acoustic presence and vocal repertoire of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in eastern and central Fram Strait. Frontiers in Remote Sensing 3. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.907105 Duengen D, Burkhardt [...] Spiesecke S, Thomisch K (2020). Vocal behaviour of bowhead whales ( Balaena mysticetus ) in eastern Fram Strait. Paper SC/68/NH/03 presented at the Scientific Committee Meeting of the IWC. Available from:

  • Team - AWI OZA

    ecological role of marine mammals in the Arctic Ocean. Data stem from the interdisciplinary Arctic FRAM ocean observatory, which provides a unique opportunity to gain insight into these interrelationships [...] environmental alterations triggered by climate change, such as sea-ice decline. Using data collected in Fram Strait, I am investigating potential impacts of climate change on the acoustic presence of endemic [...] Patterns in the Acoustic Presence and Vocal Behaviour of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Eastern Fram Strait Diandra Duengen (2019), Master Uni Oldenburg Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) distribution

  • Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

    that flows from Europe’s Norwegian Sea into the Arctic Ocean, passing through the Barents Sea and the Fram Strait in the process. However, not all the Atlantic water flowing into the Barents Sea reaches the

  • Tara Polar Station

    starting in summer 2026. Before this, different test campaigns are planned, including a shorter drift in Fram Strait in summer 2025 and winter experiments in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in

  • Ocean: FRAM

    Project coordination: Martina Loebl Download FRAM-Broschüre Research und logistics Info for expedition participants Cruise planning Publications FRAM Data from FRAM [...] and biological data in high temporal and spatial resolution. Research Areas Fram Strait and Central Arctic Starting point for FRAM are two AWI long term observatories: the moorings in West Spitsbergen Current [...] its importance for the global ocean circulation the Fram Strait has long since been a focus area of AWI scientists. A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data that will

  • Pioneering research reveals Arctic matter pathways poised for major shifts amidst climate change

    fresh water, and suspended matter from the Siberian shelves across the central Arctic towards the Fram Strait channel, which connects to the Nordic Seas. This cross-Arctic flow influences the delivery

  • Physical Oceanography

    whales and seals and their underwater acoustic environment in the polar oceans, the Weddell Sea and Fram Strait in particular. To do so, we use long-term (multi-year) visual observations and passive acoustic…