PS101 - Weeklý Report No. 1 | 10 - 18 September 2016
The aim of POLARSTERN expedition PS101 is to study the geophysical, geological, geochemical and biological processes at seamounts and sources of

precession magnetometers that can be set up to measure continuously for days or weeks unattended. On Polarstern, two fluxgate three-component magnetometers are mounted on the crow's nest where they continuously [...] software after completing precise circular manouevres at various points during a science cruise. Polarstern also acts as a base for two helicopters, either of which can be set up to tow a Scintrex Caesium

buoys and measurement instruments that is now drifting in the environs of the central observatory Polarstern in a distance of up to 50 kilometres.

reliable positioning data? Engineers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research icebreaker Polarstern specially programmed a multicopter, allowing it to navigate despite the deviations produced by

The Polarstern recently ended a two-month expedition in the Central Arctic in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The international and interdisciplinary research team, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, focused

2019
After the departure from Punta Arenas and an 8-hourly passage through the Magellan Strait RV Polarstern started a 4-day transit bound for South Georgia. This time without station work was used by our

report No. 1 | 10 - 17 April 2016
The last cruise section of this year’s Antarctic season for Polarstern started on 10 April 2016 in Punta Arenas and will end on 12 May in Bremerhaven. Until Las Palmas

Report No. 3 | 21 till 31 December 2015
After three days of ice breaking near Neumayer station “Polarstern” finally arrives at the ice shelf front. Once again the ship’s nautical officers did an excellent

north of Greenland was the area of study in the last of three Arctic expeditions undertaken by the Polarstern since the end of May 2025. In the largely untraveled waters north and northeast of Greenland, a

submitted one year in advance. For POLARSTERN (main use): ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC: Preliminary coordination for main usage applications takes place annually at the POLARSTERN workshop in March. Usage ideas should [...] Scientific proposals Ships Polarstern and Heincke The operators of the large and medium-sized German research vessels have jointly established a procedure which offers the opportunity to exchange the [...] reviews for all ships and thus helps optimizing operation. Proposals for the use of research vessels POLARSTERN and HEINCKE can only be submitted to the German Research Vessel Evaluation Panel (GPF) via the