• Same procedure as every year: „Gardening“ in the deep Arctic Ocean

      embarked in sunny Tromsø to participate in the second leg of RV “Polarstern” expedition PS93.

    • The Polarstern Expedition PS93.2

      PS93.2 Summary | 21 July till15 August 2015
      The scientific work during the expedition PS93.2 will support the time-series studies at the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) observatory HAUSGARTEN, where we document Global Change induced environmental variations on a polar deep-water ecosystem. This work is carried out in close co-operation between the HGF-MPG Joint Research Group on Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, and the PEBCAO Group (Phytoplankton Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the Changing Arctic Ocean) at AWI and the Helmholtz Young Investigators Group SEAPUMP (Seasonal and regional food web interactions with the biological pump), representing a joint effort between AWI and the MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, and the University of Bremen.

    • From Longyearbyen through Fram Strait towards Northeast Greenland

      July 2015
      At 8:00 am the embarkment of scientists starts. As Polarstern cannot enter the harbor pier directly, people have to use the Zodiac (Fig.1).

    • Into the ice – RV Polarstern opens the arctic season by setting course for Spitsbergen

      release
      On Tuesday, 19 May 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute

    • Polarstern returns from the Arctic after a five-month journey


      On Wednesday, 14 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern from the Alfred-Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), entered its homeport in Bremerhaven. [...] ) and Tromsø (Norway). In the course of these five months, Polarstern covered over 16,000 nautical miles (more than 30,000 kilometres).

    • Research icebreaker Polarstern returns from the Antarctic prematurely

      Press release
      The German research icebreaker Polarstern will end its current expedition to the Antarctic earlier than planned. Due to hydraulic problems in the port engine, the ship will

    • Polarstern Embarks for Cape Town on Training Cruise

      Summer School
      On 29 October 2015 the research icebreaker Polarstern will leave its homeport in Bremerhaven for Cape Town, South Africa, where it is expected to arrive on 1 December. She’ll take with

    • The Polarstern-Expedition PS95

      PS95 Summary| 29 October till 2 December 2015 (Bremerhaven - Cape Town)
      The expedition PS 95 is split in two legs: PS95.1 transit cruise from Bremerhaven to Las Palmas and PS 95.2 from Las Palmas to Cape Town. Both legs are dedicated to the training of students.

    • The “floating summer school” begins

      was cast off at 13:00 h on the dot. Two tugboats maneuvered Polarstern into the lock. Once in the Weser she starts steaming and leaves Bremerhaven southbound for the Antarctic season 2015/16. 43 crew

    • Under Saharan Dust

      Report No. 1 | 9 till 15 November 2015
      After 13 days at sea Polarstern reached Las Palmas on the Canary Islands on the 10th November. The team of three geophysicists left the ship and six new people