Long Term Observations

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Ice Stations

understanding of the polar sea ice zones. Here at AWI, we are mostly using our own ice breaker RV Polarstern, but we are also involved in expeditions by partner institutes with their vessels. During these

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sustainable in many ways. © Paula Baierlein Argo Floats 11. April 2025 Research vessels such as Polarstern are highly important platforms for scientists to explore the ocean from the surface towards the

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Training Capacity Exchange

secure the oceans as a sustainable resource. *** New training expedition Nov-Dec 2025 on board RV Polarstern *** Venue and Background The Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence (NF-POGO CofE) provides

Seafloor spreading

North American plate drift apart by a few millimetres every year. Using the research icebreaker “POLARSTERN” scientists study this system of ridges and investigate the effects of the mechanisms involved

Polar Meteorology

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

BEMO

Seafloor Tools for Integrative Management of Marine Protected Areas Seafloor of the Weddell Sea. RV Polarstern expedition PS118 (2019). (Photo: Autun Purser (AWI) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) BEnToolsMaPs:

Statement

During the MOSAiC expedition, women held 59% of the leading research positions on board the RV Polarstern. Sexual harassment, misconduct and discrimination, in any context, are unacceptable. Our Code of

FRAM Data Integration

platforms provides information on phytoplankton composition and particle size distribution. On board of POLARSTERN, state of the art underway-measuring systems have been installed, their reliability is frequently

GROCE

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