we are using are AWI’s airborne platforms Polar 5/6 and Polarstern, the permanent and summer stations Neumayer III and Kohnen, ice and clean room laboratories, ice core storage facility and computing

observatories in Antarctica and the meteorological observatory on Polarstern and frequently uses the Polar aircraft. We train machine-learning models to improve our understanding of polar climate and to

m). In 2016, we reached the glacier’s calving front with R/V Polarstern —the first research vessel ever to do so—and discovered an astonishingly rapid inflow of warm Atlantic water beneath the glacier

composition and particle size distribution. On board of POLARSTERN, state of the art underway-measuring systems have been installed, their reliability is frequently cross-checked with traditional

Integrative field survey of the FramJelly project during the R/V Polarstern cruise PS126 (Graphic: Dmitrii Pantiukhin/AWI) How do jellyfish survive in the Polar Night? Which species are abundant in winter [...] campaigns: RV Heincke HE560 (2020), Walter Herwig WH440 (2020), Polarstern PS126 (FramJelly, 2021) expeditions and the AWIPEV project KOP183 (2022). Sampling for the ARJEL project was also carried out in [...] primers. Water sampling with the CTD rosette on board R/V Polarstern PS126. (Photo: Charlotte Havermans/AWI) Environmental DNA sampling in the Polar Night in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard (left: Niskin

24 27570 Bremerhaven / Germany +49 (0)471 4831-1566 Project Polarstern II In May 2020 the AWI was appointed to conduct a new process for the acquisition of a new ice-breaking research and supply vessel Polarstern II by the board of trustees. The process includes the planning of the procurement procedures, the construction supervision, as [...] primary importance for AWI are bundled in the staff unit Project Polarstern II. Contact: Detlef Wilde Stabsstelle Projekt Polarstern II Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

resource. *** New training expedition Nov-Dec 2025 on board RV Polarstern *** Venue and Background The Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence (NF-POGO CofE) provides world class education and training

of Marine Protected Areas Seafloor of the Weddell Sea. RV Polarstern expedition PS118 (2019). (Photo: Autun Purser (AWI) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) BEnToolsMaPs: BEMO - BEntic ecosystem MOdeling

and AWIPEV Stations, as well as from the research icebreaker Polarstern . MOSAiC expedition The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) was a major year-long [...] in the Central Arctic Sea ice, using the research icebreaker Polarstern . MOSAiC was a large international effort spearheaded by the Atmospheric Physics Section at AWI under the lead of Prof. Dr. Markus [...] To be filled! Text is missing Arctic Ocean (Central Arctic) FS Polarstern MOSAiC (Photo: M. Gutsche) The polar oceans in the Arctic and around Antarctica, characterized by their seasonal or year-round

zones. Here at AWI, we are mostly using our own ice breaker RV Polarstern, but we are also involved in expeditions by partner institutes with their vessels. During these expeditions, we are performing