• Stable Isotopes Lab

    monitoring. It combines isotopic measurements on board RV Polarstern taken during the MOSAiC expedition with simultaneously performed measurements from several land-based stations in the Arctic realm [...] (i.e. sea water, sea ice, snow, water vapor) surrounding RV Polarstern will be targeted to decipher major exchange processes between atmosphere, ocean, and sea ice. Contact: Moein Mellat, Hanno Meyer

  • Bär/Eicken: "The research vessel Polarstern is changing our understanding of the world's oceans"

    After 183 days in the Antarctic, the research vessel Polarstern returned to its home port today, 15 May. She was welcomed in Bremerhaven in the presence of Federal Research Minister Dorothee [...] and Marine Research (AWI), Hajo Eicken. From its voyage, the Polarstern is bringing back important findings on the causes of the recent sea ice retreat in the Antarctic and its repercussions.

  • Graduate School POLMAR

    guest scientists Ship-based training with e.g. RV Heincke or RV Polarstern Transferable skills courses Career workshops and information events Financial support for: Continuing education and conferences

  • Team

    Scientist, System Manager Laboratories New Building Project Polarstern II Kohlbach, Doreen Head of Young Investigator Group DOUBLE TROUBLE Kong, Xianyu Postdoc ONE-BLUE Kremer, Kira PhD Student YIG

  • Team - AWI OZA

    listening station and acted as chief scientists for several RV Polarstern expeditions. www.researchgate.net/profile/Olaf_Boebel Dr. Ilse van Opzeeland I see sound as an invaluable resource of

  • Arctic Pulse

    ship-based observations from the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern (Expedition BeauPAIR) and the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, complemented by airborne surveys using AWI’s Polar 5 and Polar [...] livelihoods and food security of Inuvialuit communities. RV Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean (Photo: Esther Horvath) From the boreal forest and tundra to the deep ocean, Arctic Pulse 2027 follows the [...] Morgenstern Project website: www.arcticpulse.ca The Polarstern cruise The main goal of the BeauPAIR campaign (PS161 and PS162) is to assess the effects of human-driven and natural climate

  • Staff Units

    24 27570 Bremerhaven / Germany +49 (0)471 4831-1566 Project Polarstern II In May 2020 the AWI was appointed to conduct a new process for the acquisition of a new ice-breaking research and supply vessel Polarstern II by the board of trustees. The process includes the planning of the procurement procedures, the construction supervision, as [...] primary importance for AWI are bundled in the staff unit Project Polarstern II. Contact: Detlef Wilde Stabsstelle Projekt Polarstern II Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

  • Uncharted island soon to appear on nautical charts

    Antarctic on board the Alfred Wegener Institute's icebreaker Polarstern since 8 February 2026. In this key region for global ocean currents, the focus has been on the outflow of ice and water from the

  • BEMO

    of Marine Protected Areas Seafloor of the Weddell Sea. RV Polarstern expedition PS118 (2019). (Photo: Autun Purser (AWI) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) BEnToolsMaPs: BEMO - BEntic ecosystem MOdeling

  • New Polarstern vessel: Model Masters the Testing Phase

    milestones have been reached in the construction of the new Polarstern. A true-to-scale model of the future research icebreaker successfully completed tests in the ice channel. This marked the completion