• M.Sc. Detlef Wilde

    detlef.wilde@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-1281
    Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

  • Dr. Christian Katlein

    Christian.Katlein@awi.de
    +49(471)4831-2908
    Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

  • M.Sc. Christian Freudinger

    Christian.Freudinger@awi.de
    2253, +49 170 6596589
    Barkhausenstraße 2, 27568 Bremerhaven

  • Team

    Head, Senior Scientist Koch, Florian Scientist, System Manager Laboratories New Building Project Polarstern II Kohlbach, Doreen Head of Young Investigator Group DOUBLE TROUBLE Kong, Xianyu Postdoc ONE-BLUE

  • Past Climate Change

    through discrete sampling and continuous monitoring. It combines isotopic measurements on board RV Polarstern taken during the MOSAiC expedition with simultaneously performed measurements from several land-based [...] different Arctic hydrological compartments (i.e. sea water, sea ice, snow, water vapor) surrounding RV Polarstern will be targeted to decipher major exchange processes between atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice. Contact:

  • Team - AWI OZA

    observatory including the PALAOA listening station and acted as chief scientists for several RV Polarstern expeditions. www.researchgate.net/profile/Olaf_Boebel Dr. Ilse van Opzeeland I see sound

  • Arctic Pulse

    ecosystems. The campaign integrates ship-based observations from the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern (Expedition BeauPAIR) and the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, complemented by airborne surveys [...] global climate feedbacks, and the livelihoods and food security of Inuvialuit communities. RV Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean (Photo: Esther Horvath) From the boreal forest and tundra to the deep ocean [...] Thomas Krumpen Gesine Mollenhauer Anne Morgenstern Project website: www.arcticpulse.ca The Polarstern cruise The main goal of the BeauPAIR campaign (PS161 and PS162) is to assess the effects of hu

  • Staff Units

    (0)471 4831-1566 Project Polarstern II In May 2020 the AWI was appointed to conduct a new process for the acquisition of a new ice-breaking research and supply vessel Polarstern II by the board of trustees [...] of primary importance for AWI are bundled in the staff unit Project Polarstern II. Contact: Detlef Wilde Stabsstelle Projekt Polarstern II Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

  • Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

    the northwestern Weddell Sea in the Antarctic on board the Alfred Wegener Institute's icebreaker Polarstern since 8 February 2026. In this key region for global ocean currents, the focus has been on the

  • Glaciology

    multi-disciplinary teams. The infrastructure we are using are AWI’s airborne platforms Polar 5/6 and Polarstern, the permanent and summer stations Neumayer III and Kohnen, ice and clean room laboratories, ice