Same procedure as every year: „Gardening“ in the deep Arctic Ocean

    students coming from 10 nations embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

    Programmed Multicopter Flies Through the Arctic Autonomously

    reliable positioning data? Engineers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research icebreaker Polarstern specially programmed a multicopter, allowing it to navigate despite the deviations produced by

    The floating university – graduate school uses Polarstern cruise to Antarctic for training

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    Window into the past: researchers on board Polarstern find ancient sediments on the seafloor of the Arctic

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    Milestone on the way to construction of new vessel as successor to research icebreaker Polarstern: Reederei F. Laeisz as partner

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    Research vessel Polarstern returns home after one and a half years in the Antarctic

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    The Polarstern expedition PS92

    PS92 Summary | 19 May - 28 June 2015
    On May 19, 2015, the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern will set sail for a six week expedition to the Central Arctic Ocean initiated by “ART”. ART, in this

    Research Vessel Polarstern setting out for the Arctic - Focusing on changes in the ice cover, ocean currents and effects on the marine biota

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    Winter experiment planned in the Antarctic ice: the research vessel Polarstern leaves for the South Polar Sea on an 18-month long expedition

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    Return to Bremerhaven: The research vessel Polarstern returns with new findings from the Central Arctic during the 2012 ice minimum

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