x 25 km, ice thickness: 100 to 600 m). In 2016, we reached the glacier’s calving front with R/V Polarstern —the first research vessel ever to do so—and discovered an astonishingly rapid inflow of warm Atlantic

meteorological and aerosol/trace gas observatories in Antarctica and the meteorological observatory on Polarstern and frequently uses the Polar aircraft. We train machine-learning models to improve our understanding

biogeochemical cycles in… Find out more MOSAiC In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern set sail from Tromsø to drift in the Arctic Ocean for a year—trapped in the ice. The goal of the

Training program: International guest scientists Ship-based training with e.g. RV Heincke or RV Polarstern Transferable skills courses Career workshops and information events Financial support for: Continuing

plankton ecology and related sedimentary flux under climate change Sampling at the ice edge with Polarstern; left rosette sampling system, right sediment trap, middle sedimenting matter in 300m depth at

+49(471)4831-2404 Hauke.Becker @ awi.de Triaxus towed behind FS Polarstern. (Photo: Jan Gerken) Triaxus with Depressor, towed behind RV Polarstern. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] Triaxus Towed System "topAWI" Triaxus towing body on deck of RV Polarstern. (Photo: Jan Gerken, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The topAWI Triaxus (towed ocean profiler of the AWI) is a towed system manufactured [...] operations in regions with light to moderate sea ice cover. It was used for the first time during the Polarstern PS131 expedition and allowed the collection of valuable data in the marginal ice zone north of

Arctic Clouds Map of the areas for aircraft operation illustration the coordination activities at Polarstern and Ny Alesund (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ACLOUD and AFLUX are 2 joint aircraft campaigns

measurement systems across the Arctic and Antarctic, using research vessels, such as the icebreaker Polarstern , observatories, aircrafts, and satellites to capture the evolving dynamics of the ocean, atmosphere

Expeditions Polarstern PS128 | EASI-1 | East Antarctic Continental Margin Start: 2022-01-06 End: 2022-02-28 Chief Scientist: R. Tiedemann Cruise report PS104 | ASE-MeBo | Amundsen Sea Embayment Start:

shipboard manipulation experiments with natural phytoplankton assemblages are planned onboard the Polarstern in the austral summers of 2016 and 2017. In addition, in situ uptake rates and measurements of