Trinity College Dublin, will conduct its fifth training expedition on board its icebreaker RV Polarstern, Germany's largest research vessel. We are offering 20 training scholarships and, for the first [...] data series on the North-South (NoSoAT) and South-North (SoNoAT) transits of the icebreaker RV Polarstern. All 25 successful scholars will be divided into five groups. These groups of five will rotate

Antarctica look after themselves? In a blog post, the team reports on the supplies provided by the Polarstern

November 2023, a ten-week geochemical expedition (EASI-2 / PS140) on board the research vessel Polarstern will set off from Cape Town to East Antarctica. This is one of three coordinated Antarctic cruises [...] Protactinium, Radium and Thorium in the Arctic Ocean The Transarc expeditions together with earlier Polarstern campaigns have yielded a unique time series of the chemical and physical properties of the Central

CONTRASTS (PS149) Contrasts of sea ice regimes in the Arctic Ocean during melt season The Polarstern expedition CONTRASTS (2 July to 1 September 2025, also named PS149, ArcWatch-3) investigates the causes [...] The aircraft campaign IceBird summer 2025 complements with regional surveys. Sea ice station with Polarstern (example from MOSAiC 2020). The vessel is moored to the ice floe. Measurements are performed and [...] autonomous devices. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) On-route measurements and regional surveys With Polarstern, the helicopters and also the aircrafts on the IceBird summer expedition (from Station Nord), we

On 29 May 2025, the Polarstern research vessel set sail from Bremerhaven for the Arctic. The destination of the 95 expedition participants, led by the Alfred Wegener Institute, is the AWI Hausgarten, a

ocean (transmittance). We perform various radiation measurements during our field campaigns using Polarstern, aircrafts, and stationary measurements. Our focus are observations that aim for better descriptions

Polarstern returned to her home port of Bremerhaven at high tide this morning. After a good 20 weeks in the Antarctic season, the research vessel moored at the pier in the overseas harbour at 5:00 am.

the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans for a changing climate and the polar ecosystems. Polarstern in der Arktis / Polarstern in the Arctic Contact Prof. Dr. Torsten Kanzow +49(471)4831-2913 Torsten.Kanzow @

CTD and Water Sampler A water sampler with a CTD probe is being deployed from the research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The CTD is an oceanographic instrument

(German only) Sea ice close to Polarstern (Uni Bremen) General Polarstern Infos Cruise Reports Report: 25 Years of Polarstern Meteorology [...] data flow. Contact: polarstern-metobs@awi.de Responsible : Science: Holger Schmithüsen Engineering: Bernd Loose, Loretta Preis , Sebastian Berger Related Links: Where is Polarstern? Meereisportal (German [...] Meteorological Data Polarstern is well equipped for meteorological research as well as for routine meteorological services. The meteorological observatory is permanently manned with a weather technici