RV Polarstern arrives in Cape Town

Education and Training
The German research vessel Polarstern will arrive tomorrow in Cape Town after a five week voyage. During this training cruise from Bremerhaven to South Africa 32 international

The Polarstern-Expedition PS95

PS95 Summary| 29 October till 2 December 2015 (Bremerhaven - Cape Town)
The expedition PS 95 is split in two legs: PS95.1 transit cruise from Bremerhaven to Las Palmas and PS 95.2 from Las Palmas t

Polarstern Embarks for Cape Town on Training Cruise

Floating Summer School
On 29 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport in Bremerhaven for Cape Town, South Africa, where it is expected to arrive on 1 December. She’ll

Research icebreaker Polarstern returns from the Antarctic prematurely

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The German research icebreaker Polarstern will end its current expedition to the Antarctic earlier than planned. Due to hydraulic problems in the port engine, the ship will return to

Polarstern returns from the Arctic after a five-month journey

Expedition
On Wednesday, 14 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern from the Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), entered its homeport in Bremerhaven [...] personnel in Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) and Tromsø (Norway). In the course of these five months, Polarstern covered over 16,000 nautical miles (more than 30,000 kilometres).

Into the ice – RV Polarstern opens the arctic season by setting course for Spitsbergen

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On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute

The Polarstern Expedition PS93.2

PS93.2 Summary | 21 July till15 August 2015
The scientific work during the expedition PS93.2 will support the time-series studies at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN,

Milestone on the way to construction of new vessel as successor to research icebreaker Polarstern: Reederei F. Laeisz as partner

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Research vessel Polarstern returns home after one and a half years in the Antarctic

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The floating university – graduate school uses Polarstern cruise to Antarctic for training

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