day. During the time that the Polarstern is passively drifting with the ice, the consumption will be as low as 15 tonnes of diesel per day. This means that the Polarstern’s total diesel consumption for [...] standards. Modern Arctic and climate research is not possible without the use of large vessels like Polarstern and the other icebreakers taking part. Minimi- sing the environmental impact on this fragile region [...] environmentally friendly method of conduc- ting research with an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean. The Polarstern is carried by the natural ice drift, pushed on by the wind. This does not cost anything and is
New Technologies for Arctic Research On Tuesday, 22 August the research icebreaker Polarstern will depart the Norwegian port of Tromsø for a unique expedition to the Arctic: the autonomous underwater
Award Caught in the glare of Polarstern’s spotlights, a curious mother polar bear and her cub explore the MOSAiC ice camp – with this image Esther Horvath, a photographer and photo editor at the Alfred
destination, and finally, at 12:20 pm (CET) on Friday, 28 February, dropped anchor 970 metres from Polarstern, moored to the same floe. While the handover is in full swing on the MOSAiC floe, in Russia another
MOSAiC Expedition Despite the current challenges, the MOSAiC expedition will continue. After many national borders were closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, one team transfer had to be p
crews, roughly 100 passengers were on board: researchers and Polarstern crewmembers. The two ships will tentatively rendezvous with the Polarstern near Svalbard this weekend, so that their passengers can relieve
mosaic-expedition.org. As a further information tool, the Polarstern blog will offer extensive posts on the drift expedition: blogs. helmholtz.de/polarstern/en/ (mw) Social Media mosaic_ expedition MOSAiCArctic [...] convince our partners of that plan, and negoti- ate the basis for doing so. We also had to ready the Polarstern for this unique mission. For instance, we installed a new tunnel assembly that will allow us to [...] gathered enormous ex- pertise: not only in terms of sci- ence, but also logistics. And at the moment, Polarstern is still one of the best research icebreakers in the world; that’s simply a fact. Thanks to our
Infographic RV Polarstern - Science (Photo: Martin Kuensting) Infographic RV Polarstern - Ship Operations (Photo: Martin Kuensting) Infographic RV Polarstern - Life on board an after hours (Photo: Martin
MOSAiC Expedition After a month’s absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker Polarstern rendezvoused with the MOSAiC floe at 82.2 ° North and 8.4 ° East, after having left it on 19 May 2020
"Nothing can be taken for granted or planned" The German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting through the Arctic Ocean for a year since autumn 2019. Scientists from 20 nations explore the central [...] Thomas Wunderlich took command of his colleague Stefan Schwarze. Contrary to the original planning, Polarstern had to leave the ice to carry out exchanges and supplies at Svalbard. Thomas Wunderlich talks about [...] . What was the journey from Svalbard back to the MOSAiC floe like, and how did it compare with Polarstern Captain Stefan Schwarze’s experiences on the way south? Thomas Wunderlich: We had the advantage