• Transit cruise from Punta Arenas to Las Palmas

      PS105 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 20 March - 11 April 2017
      This year’s return journey of RV Polarstern from Antarctica began with the departure in Punta Arenas in the evening of March 20, 2017. We left

    • Magnetometers

      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

    • Working in the Ocean

      PS120 - Weekly Report No. 3 | 17 - 23 June 2019
      It is Sunday today on the POLARSTERN. I was delighted with the crispy croissant and apricot jam, which I consumed for breakfast with a delicious cup of

    • Departure to our research area in the Scotia Sea

      Weekly Report No 1 | 13 - 15 April 2019
      On Monday, 15th of April 2019, at 13:48 local time RV POLARSTERN left her mooring at position C in front of the harbour of Punta Arenas for a 3-day transit toward

    • At the 79° Glacier

      2016
      Yesterday we finished our investigations in the close vicinity of the 79°N glacier. Now R/V Polarstern is exploring the southern end of Westwind Trough on the inner shelf. We had already paid a visit

    • Working in Norske Trog

      PS100 - Weekly Report No. 5 | 15 - 21 August 2016
      Meanwhile R/V Polarstern has worked her way toward the inner shelf of Northeast Greenland. We have reached the transition from Norske Trough to Westwind

    • Larsen C Ice Shelf Remains a Mystery

      Antarctic Expedition
      A few days ago, the captain and the head of the current Polarstern expedition jointly decided to abandon their efforts to reach the Larsen C Ice Shelf. Since dense sea ice and ice

    • Back to the Roots of Antarctic Research

      Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III will be exclusively supplied by sea. The research vessel Polarstern will transport– as usual – materials and fuel to the Antarctic. However, due to the coronavirus

    • Water World

      provide details about the work of the phyto-opticians, biogeochemists and planktologists during RV Polarstern expedition PS126. Their goal is to investigate the organisms and processes in the water column

    • Crossing the equator

      PS98 Weekly report No. 3 | 25 April - 1 May 2016
      On Tuesday last week, the route of Polarstern towards its home base crossed the equator. Shortly after that we also traversed the “atmospheric equator”