• SO-Clim

      of drift and pack ice from on board the German research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Stefan Hendricks / AWI) Affiliation with LMU Munich

    • IceBird

      GS, LiS, CAO, FS Christian Haas IceBird Summer (parallel to Polarstern CONTRAST expedition) Jul-Aug, 2025 LiS, CAO, FS Gerit Birnbaum IceBird Winter Mar-Apr, 2026 GS, LiS, CAO, FS Christian Haas IceBird

    • Current research

      of sea ice cover in the Arctic Scientists and members of the Polarstern crew lift a box corer on board. The box corer was used to recover a sediment core from the ocean floor of the East greenland shelf [...] Falling sea level caused volcanos to overflow Moments on-board Polarstern: Waves (Photo: Mario Hoppmann) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [06 July 2017] Throughout the last 800,000 years, Antarctic

    • Expeditions

      Find out more ArcWatch Central Arctic, Eurasian Basins RV Polarstern ArcWatch 1 (PS138) 01.08.2023 – 30.09.2023 ArcWatch 2 (PS144) 10.08.2024 – 12.11.2024 ArcWatch 3 (PS149) 04.07.2025 – 07.09.2025 [...] Impact Antarctic Circumpolar Current South Georgia Bassin FS Polarstern, PS133 1.10.2022 – 20.12.2022 Find out more HAFOS long-term time series Weddell Sea; Cape Town (South Africa) - Punta Arenas ( [...] Nuuk, Greenland 25.06.2017 - 19.07.2017 Find out more PS 100 Polarstern Central Arctic 07/08 2016 Find out more HE516 R/V Heincke Bremerhaven-Bremerhaven (11.07.2018-12.08.2018). Find out more LightHAB

    • Library in the Ice

      ’s previous Neumayer Station on board the research icebreaker Polarstern. The laboratories and living quarters of the old station – the second Neumayer Station – were completely covered by ice. “That’s

    • Antarctic phytoplankton ecology & biogeochemistry

      used this Ultra Clean Sampling device successfully during the Polarstern expeditions the G EOTRACES Process Study PS133 Island Impact and the GEOTRACES cruise ArcWatch 2 . Trace metal analytical pipeline

    • Sensors

      resolution. Precipitation Precipitation measurements on board of Polarstern started at 1994-10-18 (DOSA 450, Friedrichs, Germany). The sensor is unable to measure solid precipitation. Only rain events are

    • Cooperations

      AWI expedition participants in research cruises aboard the RV Polarstern are international visiting scientists. AWI primary partner institutions Institution Country British Antarctic Survey United Kingdom

    • Research program

      polar research. This includes the icebreaking research vessel Polarstern , the versatile mid-sized research vessel Heincke , the Neumayer Station III in Antarctica, specialized polar aircraft , and the

    • Guide to Holdings

      & Westerich Company with regard to the construction of RV Polarstern (AE 3). Moreover, the AWI's spin off company "Training and Education Centre Hydography at AWI" (AWITECH) adds to this section. On