Arctic Research
On Tuesday, 22 August the research icebreaker Polarstern will depart the Norwegian port of Tromsø for a unique expedition to the Arctic: the autonomous underwater robot TRAMPER is scheduled

colleague Jan von Franeker put the animals in an aquarium onboard Polarstern, identified their species and took these amazing photos. Novel Surface and Under-Ice Trawl (SUIT) The results of Iceflux can [...] Explorations Presentation on sea ice ecosystems (Prezi) Blog: Polarstern-Expedition Expedition-Portal Cooperation Partners Cooperation Partners University Hamburg IMARES The Surface and Under-Ice Trawl [...] from the research centre IMARES shows how SUIT is used during a Polarstern expedition . The pictures were taken in late summer 2013 on a expedition in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica . Both the opening scenes

above the ice surface using helicopters from land or from RV Polarstern. Since 2009, AEM measurements are also conducted with the research aircraft Polar 5 operating from different Arctic Research

Data AWIPEV: Ozone data Meteorological observations on-board RV Polarstern Without reliable weather data polar expeditions and the related fieldwork become a dangerous undertaking. For this reason there are always two meteorologists working on-board Polarstern. They constantly update the captain and officers, the helicopter crew and the chief scientist about the latest and up-coming [...] weather worldwide. Weather balloon (Photo: Esther Horvath) Links Polarstern's Weather Data

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Polarstern will set sail from Tromsø, Norway, embarking on an expedition to the Arctic Ocean. Over the next two months, an international [...] the measurements and, at the outset of the expedition, the Polarstern will support the first ice testing of the new French Tara Polar Station research platform.

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 time, 5 scholarships for junior [...] 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 through all topics during the cruise

a blog post, the team reports on the supplies provided by the Polarstern

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 and consequences of sea [...] 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 stations are installed [...] of key parameters of the atmosphere-ice-ocean system. The Polarstern expedition East Greenland Current Sources (PS150) is realized after the CONTRASTS expedition from 4 September to 23 October 2025

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

various radiation measurements during our field campaigns using Polarstern, aircrafts, and stationary measurements. Our focus are observations that aim for better descriptions of spatial variability of