Polarstern back in home port

Polarstern returned to her home port of Bremerhaven at high tide this morning. After a good 20 weeks in the Antarctic season, the research vessel moored at the pier in the overseas harbour at 5:00 am.

Physical Oceanography

the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans for a changing climate and the polar ecosystems. Polarstern in der Arktis / Polarstern in the Arctic Contact Prof. Dr. Torsten Kanzow +49(471)4831-2913 Torsten.Kanzow @

CTD Instrument and Water Sampler

CTD and Water Sampler A water sampler with a CTD probe is being deployed from the research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The CTD is an oceanographic instrument

Organigramm_Logistik_AWI-en.pdf

ESDP Marius Hirsekorn: ERVO, IRSO Version: 04/2025 Scientific coordination Research ships: FS Polarstern & FS Heincke: Ingo Schewe Assistance: Claudia Klages FK Uthörn: Michael Klages Research stations: [...] Marius Hirsekorn Assistance / secretariat: Uta Galemann Deputy: Elena Tschertkowa-Paulenz Project RV Polarstern II t.i.m.e. Port II Barkhausenstr. 2 27568 Bremerhaven WTF office : Heinz Miller Uwe Nixdorf Central

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PS-Schedule_2026_20250404.pdf

RV POLARSTERN 01 01 01 01 01 Mindelo 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 02 02 02 Areas: 02 02 PS154/2 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 Ant. Peninsula 03 03 GPF 24-1/035 03 03 Bremerhaven 03 03 03 03 03 04 NM III support

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Polarstern

(German only) Sea ice close to Polarstern (Uni Bremen) General Polarstern Infos Cruise Reports Report: 25 Years of Polarstern Meteorology [...] data flow. Contact: polarstern-metobs@awi.de Responsible : Science: Holger Schmithüsen Engineering: Bernd Loose, Loretta Preis , Sebastian Berger Related Links: Where is Polarstern? Meereisportal (German [...] Meteorological Data Polarstern is well equipped for meteorological research as well as for routine meteorological services. The meteorological observatory is permanently manned with a weather technici

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

Biological_samples_animal-by-products_2025-03-28_UK.pdf

the border control centre in Bremerhaven in conjunction with a (refrigerated) transport from the Polarstern to the AWI (buildings D and E). From there, collection is carried out by the cruise participants

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Synoptic Observations

generally coded according the definitions of the Word Meteorological Organization WMO. On board of Polarstern the weather observations are coded according to the FM12/13 code and transferred without delay

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