• M.Sc. Detlef Wilde

      detlef.wilde@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-1281
      Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

    • Dr. Christian Katlein

      Christian.Katlein@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-2908
      Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

    • M.Sc. Christian Freudinger

      Christian.Freudinger@awi.de
      2253, +49 170 6596589
      Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

    • Annika Kropp

      annika.kropp@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-1406
      Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

    • Seal research in Antarctica

      changes for the biodiversity in this area. Physical, biogeochemical and ecological studies with Polarstern in the FOS in the southern Weddell Sea shall characterize this hotspot in detail in order to recognize

    • Seafloor spreading

      North American plate drift apart by a few millimetres every year. Using the research icebreaker “POLARSTERN” scientists study this system of ridges and investigate the effects of the mechanisms involved

    • New Polarstern vessel: Model Masters the Testing Phase

      Important milestones have been reached in the construction of the new Polarstern. A true-to-scale model of the future research icebreaker successfully completed tests in the ice channel. This marked the

    • Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

      the northwestern Weddell Sea in the Antarctic on board the Alfred Wegener Institute's icebreaker Polarstern since 8 February 2026. In this key region for global ocean currents, the focus has been on the

    • Dr. Holger Schmithüsen

      Holger.Schmithuesen@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-1806
      Klußmannstraße 1, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • 5 years Welcome back MOSAiC

      It was the largest Arctic expedition in history: on 12 October 2020 our research vessel Polarstern returned after a year-long drift.