• Observatories

      Under water FRAM COSYNA ACROSS Air Meteorology Earth Geophysics

    • Long-term observations in the Arctic Ocean

      @ awi.de Fram Strait / West Spitsbergen Atlantic Water is the main oceanic source of heat, salt, and nutrients of the Arctic Ocean. It enters the Arctic Ocean through the Barents Sea or Fram Strait. In [...] systems in addition to icebreaker-based surveys. Our focus areas are the boundary current from the Fram Strait to the Siberian Arctic and the upper Arctic basin. There is a strong link between the variability [...] (2015)Circulation and transformation of Atlantic water in the Eurasian Basin and the contribution of the Fram Strait inflow branch to the Arctic Ocean heat budget ,Progress in Oceanography, 132 , pp. 128-152

    • With high-tech in the deep sea

      operating in our study area, i.e. the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) Observatory HAUSGARTEN in Fram Strait between Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago.

    • Homebound through the ice.

      October 2016
      During the sixth week of expedition PS101 we are making our way home through the ice. A FRAM “superbuoy” station needs to be rescued before we leave the ice.

    • The expedition comes to an end

      4 September 2016
      Today we have completed our research programme at the Knipovich Ridge south of Fram Strait. We are now on the transit toward Tromsø, where we will arrive in the morning of 6 September

    • Turbulent recirculation

      week was characterized by intense station work both in the West Spitsbergen Current and in central Fram Strait.

    • The Expedition PS 99 from Bremerhaven to Tromsø

      lead to study areas northwest of Bear Island, south of Spitsbergen and in the central and eastern Fram Strait.

    • Human imprints and final considerations

      here on board assessing anthropogenic impacts on the marine ecosystem on our way from Bremerhaven to Fram Strait (and back) and at HAUSGARTEN observatory.

    • Research infrastructure

      Isotope Facility Potsdam Stable Isotope Facility Bremerhaven Nutrient Facility Observatories Ocean: FRAM Water: COSYNA Meteorology Geophysics Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer

    • Freedom!

      indispensable “single punishment” on Pentecost Monday, May 24, and set sail for our expedition to the Fram Strait, the passage between Greenland and Spitsbergen.