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

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

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

Information for Expedition Participants

necessary national permits . Polarstern Expedition participants: Polarstern-Wiki EIS - Expedition Interface System EIS - General info and wiki Deadlines 360 degr. tour Map of Polarstern General arrangement plan [...] valid for most expeditions Personal questionnaire This section does not apply to expeditions with Polarstern, Heincke, Uthörn, Mya II and Aade and participation in all land expeditions to the Antarctic (e [...] questionnaire Medical questionnaire Not necessary for expeditions with Uthörn, Mya II or Aade. RV Polarstern, RV Heincke, Neumayer III, and Kohnen expeditions: Participants will get all information and the

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

NoSoAT

Trinity College Dublin, will conduct its fifth training expedition on board its icebreaker RV Polarstern, Germany's largest research vessel. We are offering 20 training scholarships and, for the first [...] data series on the North-South (NoSoAT) and South-North (SoNoAT) transits of the icebreaker RV Polarstern. All 25 successful scholars will be divided into five groups. These groups of five will rotate

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)