Amy Forster preparing diatom slides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The extraction of microfossil remains like diatom valves or chironomid head capsules requires a chemical preparation [...] Chironomid head capsule of the genus Paralauterborniella sp. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching and Education Projects

Atlantic/Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Model (NAOSIM) developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI). We are currently working to apply the systems to Finite-volumE Sea ice-Ocean Model (FESOM2), also developed [...] , black: model simulation with data assimilation. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Spatial pattern of sea ice motion in August 2006: Left panel: model simulation without data assimilation, center [...] simulation with data assimilation, right panel: observation. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

countries to become experts in marine science were trained at the Alfred Wegener Institute. This highly effective programme funded by the Nippon Foundation and the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO) and the Alfred Wegener Institute is successfully completed. This is a perfect occasion to celebrate all candidates and their teachers, and the

in Bremerhaven. In future, the Technical Centre is where the Alfred Wegener Institute will develop, test and prepare new equipment for use on expeditions. The project received 18.5 million euros of [...] Research (BMBF) and the Federal State of Bremen. In honour of Alfred Wegener’s last companion, the building was named after the Greenlander Rasmus Willumsen.

Inside Culture Academy The Alfred Wegener Institute welcomes you and wants you to have a good start in your new job and in Germany. With this in mind, we have some [...] Insights into the platform ICA_Clip_I_am_your_Trainer_Tanya (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) ICA_Clip_Communication (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact To register for the course, please send an email

Birnbaum Dr. Thomas Krumpen Melt ponds on Multi year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Melt ponds on First-year ice (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Instrumentation The aircraft Polar 5 was equipped [...] respectively. Flight legs at 200 ft (61 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute) Flight legs at 2000 ft (610 m) (Graphic: W. Cohrs, Alfred-Wegener-Institute)

A young North Sea shrimp from the mudflats (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Not a typical mudflat dweller - researcher stuck in the mud (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The brown [...] cragnon is a typical inhabitant of the mudflats. (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut) A research traveller (Photo: M. Bögner Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

on the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate models indicate that the Southern Ocean is particularly prone to climate change, with important implications [...] Bonner laboratory at Rothera station. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) CO2 incubation experiments with Ryder ay phytoplankton. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] containing Ryder Bay phytoplankton. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Contact: Dr. Scarlett Trimborn

of the DEPAS instruments can be found in this publication: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung et al., 2017: DEPAS (Deutscher Geräte-Pool für amphibische [...] /jlsrf-3-165 The OBS on deck is ready for operation. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Deployment of the DEPAS OBS. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) DEPAS OBS after emerging at the sea surface. (Photo: Alfred Wegener Institut) Number of instruments 70 Seismometer, gimbal-mounted Güralp CMG-40T OBS, 60 sec - 50 Hz Trillum Compact OBS, 120

circumpolar regions of the world. ICRSS-2006 group shot (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 10th ICRSS 2008 (Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) The 10 th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium and 29 [...] regions and elsewhere. ICRSS-2008 conference photo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 11th ICRSS 2010 (Cambridge, United Kingdom) The 11th International Circumpolar Remote Sensing Symposium, September [...] out in the circumpolar regions. ICRSS-2010 group photo (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 12th ICRSS 2012 (Levi, Finland) The theme of the 12 th CRSS symposium, May 14-18 2012 in Levi, Finland was Polar