• Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance

      volume export rates through major gates of the Arctic, such as Fram Strait. The Sea Ice Physics group investigates to what extent ice volume loss through major export gates is changing. By combining [...] the Sea Ice Physics Section determines the sea ice volume flux in Fram Strait region and other key areas. Results are used to quantify whether coupled sea ice ocean models are capable of reproducing Fram

    • Little researched current impacting on winter sea ice in the Arctic

      into the Arctic Ocean, passing through the Barents Sea and the Fram Strait in the process. However, not all the Atlantic water flowing into the Barents Sea reaches the sea ice. Part of the Atlantic

    • Tara Polar Station

      different test campaigns are planned, including a shorter drift in Fram Strait in summer 2025 and winter experiments in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in April 2025 (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus

    • Ocean: FRAM

      data in high temporal and spatial resolution. Research Areas Fram Strait and Central Arctic Starting point for FRAM are two AWI long term observatories: the moorings in West Spitsbergen Current and [...] oceans. Due to its importance for the global ocean circulation the Fram Strait has long since been a focus area of AWI scientists. A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of [...] Torsten Kanzow Project coordination: Martina Loebl Download FRAM-Broschüre Research und logistics Info for expedition participants Cruise planning Publications FRAM Data from FRAM

    • Pioneering research reveals Arctic matter pathways poised for major shifts amidst climate change

      from the Siberian shelves across the central Arctic towards the Fram Strait channel, which connects to the Nordic Seas. This cross-Arctic flow influences the delivery of both natural substances, such

    • Physical Oceanography

      acoustic environment in the polar oceans, the Weddell Sea and Fram Strait in particular. To do so, we use long-term (multi-year) visual observations and passive acoustic… Find out more Long-term

    • Aerosols & Clouds

      , S. , Solbès, A. and Maturilli, M. (2022) Cold Air Outbreaks in Fram Strait: Climatology, Trends, and Observations During an Extreme Season in 2020 , Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 127 (

    • Projects

      the overall diversity of the entire plankton community of the Fram Strait (Arctic) is assessed. This data is then applied to forecast future scenarios of Arctic planktonic biodiversity. Recommendations

    • Svalbard-Barents Sea Ice Sheet

      , Lamont, Palisades, New York, USA IODP project webpage: Eastern Fram Strait Paleo-Archive (FRAME), Expedition 403

    • Unique communities directly under the Arctic ice

      are and how they are affected by the melting ice in the northern Fram Strait. They present their findings in the journal Science of The Total Environment .