• ABYSS

    One of our main study sites is the LTER observatory HAUSGARTEN in Fram Strait. The main tasks of the ABYSS are: to identify the most common bacterial taxa in deep-sea surface sediments and characterize

  • Experimental work at the deep seafloor

    ., Taylor, J. , Krauß, F. (2018): Bioturbation rates in the deep Fram Strait: Results from long-term in situ experiments at the arctic LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology

  • Passive Acoustic Monitoring - AWI OZA

    Observatory (HAFOS) and the Frontiers in Arctic Marine Science (FRAM) observatory, which are distributed across the Weddell Sea and Fram Strait, respectively. See the maps to the right for of the [...] . 2m above the sea floor, and the anchor (old railroad wheels). FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Marine Science) The AWIs FRAM moorings also host a set of underwater recorders in the northern Greenland Sea. [...] Arctic Ocean extend this array slightly to the North. MAP of FRAM moorings hosting PAM recorders an AZFPs. Please note, that not all locations were occupied at all times. Dedicated field studies Over

  • Research icebreaker Polarstern departs for the Fram Strait

    biological research in the water column and on the seafloor of the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard.

  • Meltwater influences ecosystems in the Arctic Ocean


    In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic. Thanks to meltwater, a stable layer forms around the drifting ice atop the more salty seawater, producing [...] Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings have just been published in the journal Nature Communications.

  • Long Term Observations

    III) Infrasound (Neumayer-Station III) Biology North Sea Arctic (Fram and Svalbard) Antarctic Oceanography Arctic Time series Antarctic time series Terrestrial time series Samoylov Bayelva

  • OPUS - Open Portal to Underwater Soundscapes

    to Underwater Soundscapes. The portal will give access to HAFOS, FRAM and PALAOA recordings by audio and synchronized spectral visualizations at staggered temporal resolution to enjoy underwater (night

  • DP+PP-S5POC

    concentrations during POLARSTERN cruise PS121 from North Sea to Fram in August to September 2019. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.941011 Bracher, Astrid; Dinter, Tilman (2022): Mean

  • ARJEL

    Gelatinous zooplankton from the Fram Strait region, Arctic Ocean (Photo: Mario Hoppmann/AWI) Gelatinous zooplankton, comprising cnidarians, ctenophores and tunicates, [...] newcomers” and community changes in rapidly changing regions such as Fram Strait, the gateway to the Arctic, and the Atlantic-influenced Kongsfjorden (Svalbard). Eventually, these data on abundances, [...] diversity, distribution patterns and abundances. During the FramJelly project, a collaboration between AWI and GEOMAR, on PS126 (schematic below), we compared the outcome of jellyfish diversity

  • Polarstern Returns to Bremerhaven

    board the Polarstern investigated Atlantic Water Recirculation in Fram Strait and in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard, as well as ocean/glacier interactions off the coast of Greenland. Central