Expedition
On the evening of 10 August 2019, the research vessel Polarstern will leave her homeport in Bremerhaven. The purpose of the expedition is to conduct studies at a major long-term monitoring [...] climate change on biodiversity in the Arctic. After roughly a month underway, in mid-September Polarstern will reach the Norwegian port of Tromsø, where she’ll receive her final preparations for the o [...] measures e.g. oxygen consumption as an indicator of microbiological activity. During the current Polarstern expedition, the crawler will be retrieved and immediately prepared for its next mission. Tramper

Expedition
On Saturday, November 12th, the research vessel Polarstern will set off for a one-month expedition towards Cape Town from Bremerhaven. On board there are 25 outstanding young scientists from [...] France, Belgium or Norway have become their second home.

After a short port stay in Cape Town, the Polarstern starts on its Antarctic season. Oceanographic long-term studies and the supply of the Neumayer [...] geoscientists are to investigate the glaciation history of the Amundsen Sea. In the middle of March Polarstern will sail back across the Atlantic to Bremerhaven, where the ship is to return on 20th April 2017

Arctic Expedition
On Tuesday, 10 July 2018 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport in Bremerhaven, headed for the Arctic. The main focus of the journey will be on long-term oceanographic [...] continue their research on litter in the Arctic deep sea: since 2002, a camera system towed behind the Polarstern has been used to photograph the ocean floor during predefined transects. Subsequent analyses will [...] investigate which trace elements the water masses move with them.

After nearly four weeks at sea, the Polarstern will call to port in Tromsø, Norway. Two geoscientific expeditions, one off the coast of Greenland

Southern Ocean
On Wednesday, 11 May 2016, the research vessel Polarstern is expected back in its home port of Bremerhaven after a good six months of Antarctic expeditions. In the austral summer, the [...]
Few research vessels in the world are able to penetrate as far into the Antarctic Ocean as the Polarstern has managed to do on this Antarctic expedition. The area around the so-called Filchner trough is [...] species is also related to the hydrographic peculiarities in this region. Measurements conducted by a Polarstern expedition in the 2013/14 winter season as well as subsequent model calculations suggest that the

Expedition
On Wednesday 20 December 2017, the research vessel Polarstern set sail south from Bremerhaven. After a stop in Cape Town, it will deliver supplies to the Neumayer Station III, and the researchers [...] equipped with measuring devices on the sea bed,” explains Dr Michael Schröder, head of the Polarstern expedition to the Antarctic.

“The data we collect is vital for validating the high-resolution coupled [...] Project confirms that there are periodic influxes of warm water beneath the ice shelf. On board the Polarstern, the oceanographic measurements will be supplemented by data from sensors that collect information

which the Polarstern began a four-week return trip across the Atlantic. During this transit, the crew conducted air chemistry, physical and atmospheric experiments. In Las Palmas, the Polarstern picked up [...] Antarctic expedition completed
The research vessel Polarstern is expected to enter its homeport with the early-morning high tide on Thursday, 20 April 2017, marking the end of a five-month season in [...] have been unloaded, preparations will begin for the “Open Ship” event on 22 and 23 April, when the Polarstern will open her doors to the public.
The oldest sediments that the expedition members extracted

Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association can conduct the ongoing Polarstern expedition „LOHAFEX”. Independent scientific and legal reviews sought by the Federal Ministry of [...] ecosystem functioning.”After several days of pre-examinations, the team of scientists on board Polarstern has in the meantime found a closed eddy that is suitable for the experiment. It is located at Lat [...] with a position tracking device will be deployed near the centre of this eddy. From this point, Polarstern will then spread dissolved ferrous sulfate along a spiral trajectory in the upper 15 metres of

research icebreaker, Polarstern II. The body announced the result of its last session in Berlin today. The new vessel could go into operation in 2016 and replace the research vessel Polarstern in the medium term [...] of the Alfred Wegener Institute in the Helmholtz Association, which operates the RV Polarstern.

“The Polarstern is the Alfred Wegener Institute’s most important instrument. We need a reliable research [...] Arctic and Antarctica,” adds Lochte. The present Polarstern will be over 30 years old when it is replaced.

The scientific coordinator for the Polarstern, Dr. Eberhard Fahrbach from the Alfred Wegener

Press release
Bremerhaven, 22 October 2010. The research vessel Polarstern sets off on its 27th Antarctic expedition on coming Monday, 25 October. The voyage will consist of four legs separated by port [...] predominantly consisting of oceanographers and biologists will study how the Antarctic Ocean changes. Polarstern will additionally bring supplies to Neumayer Station III, the Dallmann laboratory and the British [...] major infrastructure to the international scientific community, such as the research icebreaker Polarstern and stations in the Arctic and Antarctic. The Alfred Wegener Institute is one of the sixteen

Press release
Bremerhaven, 11 October 2010. The research vessel Polarstern returned to Bremerhaven from a four-month expedition on Saturday, 9 October. On its 25th mission in the Arctic the ship covered [...] Over 120 scientists and technicians from institutes in six nations took part in the expedition.The Polarstern launched its journey from Bremerhaven on 10 June, heading for the Greenland Sea. This is an important [...] involving the procedure for research approval, the work had to be restricted to Greenland waters. The Polarstern sailed north beyond the 80th degree of latitude for this purpose. The team under chief scientist