• Scientific Diver

    (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) We are happy to announce the 2026 European Scientific Diving Course "Certified Research Diver / European Scientific Diver" (Geprüfter Forschungstaucher). The Alfred Wegener [...] Diver“ at Alfred-Wegener-Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. 2014 Course Scientific Diving at AWI (Photo: Michael Schmid) In summer 2014, the Biological Station Helgoland (Alfred-Wege [...] Course "Certified Research Diver / European Scientific Diver" (Geprüfter Forschungstaucher). The Alfred Wegener Institute Centre for Scientific Diving (CSD) in cooperation with the Laboratoire d'Océanographie

  • PACMAN

    and thus the bound phosphate from the filter system. Filter pond of a natural swimming (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Lead: Kai Lorkowski Contact: Mail to Kai (0)471 4831 2705 Duration: 08.25 – 07.27 Partner:

  • Tranquil-Fish

    Images from the fish transport test run (Photo: S. Zeytin-Schüning, Alfred Wegener Institute) (Photo: S. Zeytin-Schüning, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The fish transporter is being prepared for the experiment

  • Marcel Nicolaus

    Sea ice and snow – the key elements Dr Marcel Nicolaus, sea ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute and deputy head of the Sea Ice Physics Section. Sea ice Snow MOSAiC Autonomous Systems ROV Sea

  • Sustainability

    Sustainability at the Alfred Wegener Institute In its focus areas climate, biodiversity and Earth system research, the AWI makes important scientific contributions to sustainability-related issues. To

  • Proposals

    Advisory Board User Advisory Board Smaller vessels Expeditions with the smaller vessels of the Alfred Wegener Institute require shorter periods of planning. We do, though, recommend to submit proposals in [...] internal application procedure can be found here . Neumayer Station III, Ekström Ice Shelf (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / U. Cieluch) Arctic Land Expeditions (Svalbard, Greenland, Canada, Alaska) - ARC-Land

  • Environment Protection Seminar

    of environmental protection in Antarctica and the provisions of the law. For this reason, the Alfred Wegener Institute, in cooperation with the Federal Environment Agency, has held from 1998 to 2024 a full-day

  • Rocky Shore Ecology

    Rocky Shore Ecology [Translate to English:] Felsküstenökologie (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Mission statement: Our research focusses on the diversity and dynamics of rocky shore communities. Long-term

  • As trainee

    you have a definite interest in a special research topic? Then there are numerous ways at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) to gain practical experience, get to know different research disciplines and

  • Five years developing a pan-Arctic environmental observation system

    has been conducted within the Arctic PASSION EU project, coordinated by Michael Karcher of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). At the final symposium in Potsdam