The Tropical North Atlantic: Cold in the Water, Dust in the Sky

the North-east Trade Wind zone under skies with only a few clouds, but with strong head-winds for Polarstern. By crossing the northern tropic, the Tropic of Cancer, at 23° 26’ 05” North during the night of

The Alfred Wegener Institute supports the “March for Science”

send messages of support to those participating in the “March for Science” – from the Open Ship Polarstern event in Bremerhaven, from on board the research ship Heincke, from the Antarctic research station

Antje Boetius once again appointed Director of the Alfred Wegener Institute

largest expedition in the institute’s history, and paved the way for the construction of the new Polarstern II. Despite the numerous crises currently facing our world, her plans for the years to come remain

Formation of the Arctic Basin

As the sea-ice recedes, the Arctic Ocean will see an explosion of research activities. With RV Polarstern, our powerful ice breaker and a variety of specially adapted equipment and techniques , AWIs geophysics

NoSoAT

Trinity College Dublin, will conduct its fifth training expedition on board its icebreaker RV Polarstern, Germany's largest research vessel. We are offering 20 training scholarships and, for the first [...] data series on the North-South (NoSoAT) and South-North (SoNoAT) transits of the icebreaker RV Polarstern. All 25 successful scholars will be divided into five groups. These groups of five will rotate

Eyewitnesses to Arctic Change

ArcWatch 1
On Thursday, 3 August 2023, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to set off from Tromsø, Norway, towards the North Pole. For two months, a good fifty scientific expedition participants

Woche1__02.-03.04._-2025_EN.pdf

Start in Mindelo 03. April 2025 Just 48 hours ago, we boarded the Polarstern in the bay of Mindelo, Cape Verde, to join the three scientists from the previous section. We are 26 scientists, students and

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to be transported to RV Polarstern or to the Neumayer Station III. Only HPAI samples taken in accordance with the advice by the HPAI Task Force are allowed onboard RV Polarstern or in the Neumayer Station [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Hand-Disinfectant www.fishersci.de/shop/products/sterillium-classic-pure-hand-disinfectant/p-8000891 AWI Shop: 9803901 Neumayer: yes Polarstern: yes FFP2 [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no FFP3 Masks www.fishersci.de/shop/products/ffp3-disposable-respirator-face-mask-2/16639422 AWI Shop: 4046719487332 Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Boots/Shoes

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The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe

Siberian Islands were the birthplace of the MOSAiC floe: the sea ice in which the research vessel Polarstern is now drifting through the Arctic was formed off the coast of the archipelago, which separates

Software

software tool has been developed at AWI and has been improved during countless research cruises of RV Polarstern. Find out more The TsunAWI modeling tool has been developed within the framework of the German