During the MOSAiC expedition, women held 59% of the leading research positions on board the RV Polarstern. Sexual harassment, misconduct and discrimination, in any context, are unacceptable. Our Code of

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

from its floating tongue. In February 2017, researchers on board the German research icebreaker Polarstern successfully mapped an area of seafloor previously covered by shelf ice. A comparison of these

largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: in September 2019 the German research icebreaker Polarstern will depart from Tromsø, Norway and, once it has reached its destination, will spend the next year

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

"Nothing can be taken for granted or planned" The German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting through the Arctic Ocean for a year since autumn 2019. Scientists from 20 nations explore the central [...] Thomas Wunderlich took command of his colleague Stefan Schwarze. Contrary to the original planning, Polarstern had to leave the ice to carry out exchanges and supplies at Svalbard. Thomas Wunderlich talks about [...] . What was the journey from Svalbard back to the MOSAiC floe like, and how did it compare with Polarstern Captain Stefan Schwarze’s experiences on the way south? Thomas Wunderlich: We had the advantage

MOSAiC Expedition
After a month’s absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker Polarstern rendezvoused with the MOSAiC floe at 82.2 ° North and 8.4 ° East, after having left it on 19 May 2020

Infographic RV Polarstern - Science (Photo: Martin Kuensting) Infographic RV Polarstern - Ship Operations (Photo: Martin Kuensting) Infographic RV Polarstern - Life on board an after hours (Photo: Martin

mosaic-expedition.org. As a further information tool, the Polarstern blog will offer extensive posts on the drift expedition: blogs. helmholtz.de/polarstern/en/ (mw) Social Media mosaic_ expedition MOSAiCArctic [...] convince our partners of that plan, and negoti- ate the basis for doing so. We also had to ready the Polarstern for this unique mission. For instance, we installed a new tunnel assembly that will allow us to [...] gathered enormous ex- pertise: not only in terms of sci- ence, but also logistics. And at the moment, Polarstern is still one of the best research icebreakers in the world; that’s simply a fact. Thanks to our

crews, roughly 100 passengers were on board: researchers and Polarstern crewmembers. The two ships will tentatively rendezvous with the Polarstern near Svalbard this weekend, so that their passengers can relieve