• Formation of the Arctic Basin

      As the sea-ice recedes, the Arctic Ocean will see an explosion of research activities. With RV Polarstern, our powerful ice breaker and a variety of specially adapted equipment and techniques , AWIs geophysics

    • Synoptic Observations

      generally coded according the definitions of the Word Meteorological Organization WMO. On board of Polarstern the weather observations are coded according to the FM12/13 code and transferred without delay

    • Eyewitnesses to Arctic Change

      ArcWatch 1
      On Thursday, 3 August 2023, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to set off from Tromsø, Norway, towards the North Pole. For two months, a good fifty scientific expedition participants

    • Hochansteckende_Vogelgrippe__HPAI__Guidelines.docx

      to be transported to RV Polarstern or to the Neumayer Station III. Only HPAI samples taken in accordance with the advice by the HPAI Task Force are allowed onboard RV Polarstern or in the Neumayer Station [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Hand-Disinfectant www.fishersci.de/shop/products/sterillium-classic-pure-hand-disinfectant/p-8000891 AWI Shop: 9803901 Neumayer: yes Polarstern: yes FFP2 [...] Neumayer: no Polarstern: no FFP3 Masks www.fishersci.de/shop/products/ffp3-disposable-respirator-face-mask-2/16639422 AWI Shop: 4046719487332 Neumayer: no Polarstern: no Boots/Shoes

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    • The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe

      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

    • Software

      software tool has been developed at AWI and has been improved during countless research cruises of RV Polarstern. Find out more The TsunAWI modeling tool has been developed within the framework of the German

    • Christian Haas

      Portrait of Christian Haas next to Polarstern, jpg | 747 KB Media DW (Video) | 08.08.2020 On thin ice: The Arctic and earth's climate Find out more > DW | 05.05.2020 Polarstern sets records on Arctic climate

    • The grand finale to the expedition of a century

      After more than a year in the Central Arctic, this Monday, 12 October, the research icebreaker Polarstern returned to her homeport in Bremerhaven. Accompanied by a ‘welcome committee’ of ships that came

    • Technology

      Analysing strategy (Graphic: Metfies et al. Ocean Science 2016) Automatic filtration system on board Polarstern (Photo: Katja Metfies)

    • Ceilometer

      Institut) In October 2010 the Ceilometer CL51 ( VAISALA , Finnland) was mounted on the monkey deck of Polarstern. It is able to measure cloud heights and vertical backscatter profiles. Short, powerful laser pulses