s / A lf re d W eg en er In st it ut e Torsten Kanzow is a physical oceanographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), and has taken part in numerous research [...] in the Denmark Strait and off the coast of Peru (East Pacific). In 2014 he moved to the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, where he has since headed the Physical Oceanography of the Polar Seas Division

Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research To the extent legally permissible under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, we hereby waive all claims against the Alfred-Wegener-Institute

Beringia at the LGM with the ice sheet extent and the sea level ~135 m lower than today (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) My current research topic are Arctic coastal wetlands in Alaska. I work on assessing the

2015, and Istomina et al., 2015). The campaign MELTEX-I was a joint project conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA) at the

Birnbaum Dr. Thomas Krumpen Melt ponds on Multi year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Melt ponds on First-year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Instrumentation The aircraft Polar 5 was equipped with [...] . Flight legs at 200 ft (61 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Flight legs at 2000 ft (610 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute)

ut e Lars Kaleschke is an expert on remote sensing at the Sea Ice Physics Section of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). After studying Physics at the University

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Back-to-back successes: The Communications and Media Relations department of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) recently won the prize for the best

Longyerbyen (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Low altitude flight of Polar 5 with dragged EM Bird to determine the sea ice thickness during PAMARCMIP 2011 (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Schematic of sea-ice [...] sea-ice thickness surveys with an EM-Bird using a Basler BT-67 research aircraft (Graphic: Alfred Wegener Institut)

2015, and Istomina et al., 2015). The campaign MELTEX-I was a joint project conducted by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), the Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA) at the

now complete. Since the ongoing pandemic made a live topping-out ceremony impossible, the Alfred Wegener Institute marked the milestone for the new building with a video topping-out speech and greetings [...] workshops and laboratories, which will equip the Rasmus Willumsen House, named in honour of Alfred Wegener’s companion, to serve as a core site for the development of innovative maritime and polar technologies