• MOSAiC expedition reaches the North Pole

    MOSAiC
    At 12:45 pm on 19 August 2020 the German research icebreaker Polarstern reached the North Pole. The ship followed a route to the north of Greenland – and through a region that, in the past, was

  • Fleet + stations

    logistics. The AWI makes available its research platforms for scientists from all over the world. Ships Polarstern Heincke Uthörn Mya II Aade Stations Neumayer Station III Arctic Station AWIPEV Kohnen Station Marine

  • PS-Bremerhaven_071125.pdf

    Frischekur in der Werft 07. November 2025 Aktuell liegt die Polarstern in ihrem Heimathafen Bremerhaven zu routinemäßigen Wartungs- und Reparaturarbeiten. Die Vorbereitungen auf die kommende Antarktissaison

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  • Northernmost hot springs of the earth discovered

    Faculty of Geosciences at the University of Bremen. On an expedition with the research icebreaker POLARSTERN, researchers discovered the northernmost hydrothermal field on Earth here – only around 300 kilometers

  • How climate change is altering the Arctic Ocean

    On 29 May 2025, the Polarstern research vessel set sail from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a

  • Underwater robot scheduled to surface after a year exploring the Arctic depths

    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

  • MOSAiC Expedition

    Arctic research expedition of all time: From autumn 2019 onwards, the German research icebreaker Polarstern drifted through the Arctic Ocean, trapped in the ice. Participants from institutions from more [...] 2020. For those who want to reminisce: here is the video for Welcome back. MOSAiC - Welcome Back, Polarstern! MOSAiC TV documentary The TV documentary will be available in the ARD media library until 2 November [...] expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid in deep water in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The results from Stockholm

  • How is climate change affecting fauna in the Arctic?

    biogeochemists will embark on a joint expedition headed for Svalbard. On board the research vessel Polarstern from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) all of

  • Leaving Punta Arenas

    extremity of Chile is harsh anyway. On 7th May the cruise participants were brought on board the Polarstern at anchor offshore by a harbour launch.

  • From Bremerhaven to Las Palmas

    n and a second negative PCR tests for CoV-2, we moved, according to plan, in two batches to RV Polarstern on December 20. We moved into the chambers, the safety briefing took place in the two groups that