• Past Climate Change

    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

  • Infrastructure, Services, and Support

    network: from building to building, from site to site, from Polarstern to Neumayer III Station, AWI-wide identity management and the provision of staff and guests with credentials and affiliations,

  • Editorial

    fronts? Antarctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern take us to the stormy seas of the “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” and to the majestic silence of the ice-covered ocean

  • Publications

    eis-arktis-framstrasse-1.5105845 Bracher et al. FMARS (2020) on Atlantic Polarstern expedition phytoplankton group data as highlight within "New Publications" section at IOCCG May 2020: Newsletter: ioccg.org

  • Ocean-Ice Shelf Interaction

    provided following the links to GROCE und SPP-OGreen . Fig. 4: RV Polarstern at the calving front of 79-North Glacier. Normally, thick fast ice blocks access to the glacier, but in boreal summer 2016 the bay was ice-free for several weeks allowing RV Polarstern to conduct comprehensive oceanographic measurements. (Photo: Nat Wilson) Contacts Dr. Markus Janout +49(471)4831-1981 Markus.Janout

  • Marcel Nicolaus

    Publications ORCID Photo Download Marcel Nicolaus vor der Polarstern jpg | 11 MB jpg | 17 MB Sometimes the ship leaves the ice floe for, jpg | 13 MB jpg | 882 KB Marcel Nicolaus jpg | 10 MB CONTRASTS

  • PERPLEX

    Alfred Wegener Institute and used during many cruises of the RV Polarstern. PERPLEX allows scientists and chief scientist as well as logisticians and nautical personnel to optimize routes and compare them

  • Sea Ice Thickness - Mass Balance

    above the ice surface using helicopters from land or from RV Polarstern. Since 2009, AEM measurements are also conducted with the research aircraft Polar 5 operating from different Arctic Research

  • SNOWflAke

    at Neumayer Station FlAke News Komm an Bord! January 2026 | RV Polarstern | We're taking you along on the expedition — through our blog and your questions, you can look over our shoulders as we go about [...] Expedition to the Weddell Sea December 2024 to March 2025 | RV Polarstern | Stefanie Arndt and Daria Paul joined expedition PS146 aboard RV Polarstern to study the physical and biological properties of

  • Research Focus

    new IODP/ICDP drill proposals. Formation of the Arctic Basin Polarstern for geophysics in the Arctic Ocean Research projects on the formation of the Arctic Ocean Development of the North Atlantic