Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN, Germany Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Phone: +49 471/4831-1517 tto@awi.de

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN, Germany Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Phone: +49 471/4831-1517 tto@awi.de

critical location for climate studies in the Indian Ocean. Dr. Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is the chief scientist for Expedition

Amy Forster preparing diatom slides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The extraction of microfossil remains like diatom valves or chironomid head capsules requires a chemical preparation of sediment samples [...] keys. Chironomid head capsule of the genus Paralauterborniella sp. (Photo: Larisa Nazarova, Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research BREMERHAVEN Technology Transfer Office Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Germany Phone: +49 471/4831-1143 www.awi.de

February 23 2020, 42° 12.21’ S / 57° 35.8’ E Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben & Thomas Westerhold Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) MARUM www.awi.de/en/sci

Water isotope analytics – Mass spectrometry Finnigan-MAT Delta-S (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Three Finnigan MAT Delta-S Mass Spectrometers are used for Stable Water Isotope Analytics

Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer Picarro L2120i with vaporizer (photo: Alfred Wegener Institute, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2140i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer Picarro [...] PAL HTC-xt Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Picarro L2130i Cavity RingDown-Spectrometer 1 Picarro L2130i Cavity RingDown [...] with A0101 Autosampler and A0211 Vaporizer for H and O isotopes (in water samples). (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: <link en science geosciences

13 C- und d 15 N). Flash EA 2000 Autosampler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ThermoFisher Delta V Mass Spectrometer (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems:

University of Oldenburg – a step that will allow the University and the Bremerhaven-based Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) to combine and build on their vital