• Same procedure as every year: „Gardening“ in the deep Arctic Ocean

      students coming from 10 nations embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

    • At Neumayer Station

      3 | 4 January – 8 January 2017
      4 January 2017, 2 weeks and 5 days at sea. The morning finds Polarstern alongside the ice shelf edge, or, more precisely, at the north-eastern berth of Atka Sea Port.

    • Insurance

      the AWI-Intranet (AWI employees only) or on request from Mrs. Kniemeyer-Schulze. Participants in Polarstern expeditions receive the documents in the Expedition Interface System (EIS).

    • The Drake Passage – Second Traverse

      PS97 Weekly Report No. 5 | 14. - 20. March 2016
      During the fifth week of our Polarstern expedition PS97 we left the Antarctic Peninsula area close to Elephant Island to start our second Drake Passage

    • We are leaving Cape Town

      PS103 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 16 - 20 December 2016
      16. December, day of departure As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town at 6pm, taking off for her 103rd expedition to the Antarctic

    • 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 [...] project website presents more profound scientific information Find out more News Info Graphics Polarstern Infographic The transpolar drift The expedition in numbers Factsheet on Sustainability

    • Neumayer and beyond

      PS111 – Weekly Report No. 2 | 27 January - 2 February 2018
      Now we have arrived – Polarstern makes her way easily through the disintegrating winter sea ice cover, heading for the northeastern edge of

    • A full loaded vessel

      PS 117 - Weekly Report No 1 | 15 – 20 December 2018
      As planned, Polarstern pushes away from the pier in Cape Town on 15 December at 4pm, taking off for her 117th expedition to the Antarctic.

    • A stormy send-off

      No. 1 | 5 - 11 December 2021
      After a snowy Bremerhaven departure on Dec 5 th 2021 at 13:00, Polarstern made its way through the port, the locks and towards the English Channel.

    • From Longyearbyen through Fram Strait towards Northeast Greenland

      Weekly Report No. 1 | 29 June to 5 July 2015
      At 8:00 am the embarkment of scientists starts. As Polarstern cannot enter the harbor pier directly, people have to use the Zodiac (Fig.1).