• Ocean-Ice Shelf Interaction

    dsbreen. More information is 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 [...] 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

  • PERPLEX

    The software was developed at the 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

  • ACLOUD/AFLUX

    Arctic Clouds Map of the areas for aircraft operation illustration the coordination activities at Polarstern and Ny Alesund (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ACLOUD and AFLUX are 2 joint aircraft campaigns

  • Climate Sciences

    measurement systems across the Arctic and Antarctic, using research vessels, such as the icebreaker Polarstern , observatories, aircrafts, and satellites to capture the evolving dynamics of the ocean, atmosphere

  • Beyond iron: vitamins, zinc and cobalt

    shipboard manipulation experiments with natural phytoplankton assemblages are planned onboard the Polarstern in the austral summers of 2016 and 2017. In addition, in situ uptake rates and measurements of

  • Expedition

    Expeditions Polarstern PS128 | EASI-1 | East Antarctic Continental Margin Start: 2022-01-06 End: 2022-02-28 Chief Scientist: R. Tiedemann Cruise report PS104 | ASE-MeBo | Amundsen Sea Embayment Start:

  • Karen_Wiltshire_AWI-Expert_UK_updated.pdf

    . In this context, training and educating young scientists – e.g. on board the research vessel Polarstern – was something very close to her heart. Since July 2024, Karen Wiltshire has been back at Trinity

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  • Cruise_reportPS102.pdf

    Trainings an Bord der Polarstern (Foto: Eva Brodte, AWI). Cover: Scholars of the NoSoAT16 (North South Atlantic Transect) programme at the start of the training on board Polarstern (Photo: Eva Brodte, AWI) [...] on previous transit cruises with RV Polarstern. 5 2. WEATHER CONDITIONS Max Miller, Hartmut Sonnabend DWD On Saturday morning, November 12, 2016, 09:50 am, Polarstern left Bremerhaven for the campaign PS102 [...] (NOSOAT) Fig. 3.11: Temperature distribution based on data as collected on Polarstern between 2008 and 2016 The data collected on Polarstern shows no significant change in heat and salinity over the last 8 years

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  • Projects

    biogeochemical cycles in… Find out more MOSAiC In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern set sail from Tromsø to drift in the Arctic Ocean for a year—trapped in the ice. The goal of the

  • Arctic plankton ecology and related sedimentary flux

    plankton ecology and related sedimentary flux under climate change Sampling at the ice edge with Polarstern; left rosette sampling system, right sediment trap, middle sedimenting matter in 300m depth at