Polarstern Core Repository The section Marine Geology curates and archives sediment cores from both polar oceans which were taken by RV Polarstern since 1983. The collection comprises more than 4000 cores

28.12.2020 - 03.01.2021
After we had sent the 3rd CoV-2 swab from Las Palmas to Bremerhaven, Polarstern continues its journey southwards. The weather is increasingly summerly. Near the Canary Islands

PS98 Weekly report No. 3 | 25 April - 1 May 2016
On Tuesday last week, the route of Polarstern towards its home base crossed the equator. Shortly after that we also traversed the “atmospheric equator”

New findings on the past and future of sea ice cover in the Arctic Scientists and members of the Polarstern crew lift a box corer on board. The box corer was used to recover a sediment core from the ocean [...] doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00552-1 . Falling sea level caused volcanos to overflow Moments on-board Polarstern: Waves (Photo: Mario Hoppmann) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [06 July 2017] Throughout the last

.940352 Bracher , Astrid ; Wiegmann , Sonja (2022) Phytoplankton pigment concentrations during POLARSTERN cruise PS121 from North Sea to Fram in August to September 2019. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea [...] to 952 nm of underwater light profiles measured at discrete stations with radiometry during RV Polarstern cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Oceam. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931480 Bracher [...] Phytoplankton pigment concentration and phytoplankton groups measured on water samples obtained during POLARSTERN cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Ocean. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911061 Bracher

the Antarctic’s Weddell Sea. Images taken with a camera system towed by the research icebreaker Polarstern captured countless nests of the ice fish species Neopagetopsis ionah on the seafloor, at depths

Weekly Report No 1 | 13 - 15 April 2019
On Monday, 15th of April 2019, at 13:48 local time RV POLARSTERN left her mooring at position C in front of the harbour of Punta Arenas for a 3-day transit toward

polar research: New Polarstern Detlef Wilde, project director for the construction of the new Polarstern at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Research vessel Icebreaker Expedition New Polarstern The Research Vessel [...] status of the procurement procedure for the new Polarstern is expected in 2024. The handover of the completed ship is slated for 2027. The new Polarstern will make it possible for researchers from around [...] generations. The requirements profile reflects the lessons learned over the Polarstern’s nearly 40 years of service. The new Polarstern will be capable of operating under changing ice and weather conditions

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buoys and measurement instruments that is now drifting in the environs of the central observatory Polarstern in a distance of up to 50 kilometres.