2019
About a week ago, in the evening hours of August 10 in Bremerhaven, it was “lines off” for Polarstern, as she set course through the initially calm sea towards the long-term observatory area Hausgarten

Expedition
On the evening of 10 August 2019, the research vessel Polarstern will leave her homeport in Bremerhaven. The purpose of the expedition is to conduct studies at a major long-term monitoring [...] climate change on biodiversity in the Arctic. After roughly a month underway, in mid-September Polarstern will reach the Norwegian port of Tromsø, where she’ll receive her final preparations for the o

PS120 - Weekly Report No. 3 | 17 - 23 June 2019
It is Sunday today on the POLARSTERN. I was delighted with the crispy croissant and apricot jam, which I consumed for breakfast with a delicious cup of

PS120 - Weekly Report No. 2 | 10 - 16 June 2019
On Friday the 14.06 we arrived at the equator. We stayed put there for a while to measure the different over depth. If one stood on the portside of t

PS120 - Weekly Report No. 1 | 2 - 9 June 2019
The PS120 Transit on RV „Polarstern“between Port Stanley and Bremerhaven is a research- and training expedition. Twenty-three young scholars, who were chosen [...] taking part in the SoNoAT 2019 „Changing Oceans Changing Future“ programme. This is set upon RV „Polarstern“ as a collaboration of POGO (Partnership for Observations in the Global Oceans), NIPPON FOUNDATION

send messages of support to those participating in the “March for Science” – from the Open Ship Polarstern event in Bremerhaven, from on board the research ship Heincke, from the Antarctic research station

five years
On the weekend of 22 and 23 April, Germany’s largest research vessel, the icebreaker Polarstern, will open her doors to the public as part of the Science Year 2016*17 – Seas and Oceans. As they

to these key questions, 50 researchers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research vessel Polarstern are going to depart from Punta Arenas (Chile) on 6 February 2017, bound for the Amundsen Sea –

month-long expedition from the Falkland Islands to Bremerhaven on board the research icebreaker Polarstern as part of a summer school. On the ‘South-North Atlantic Training Transect’ they will gain unique

we were able to celebrate the Easter. At first priority stands a big thanks to the crew of RV Polarstern as they decorated the public areas and canteens to create an Easterly feeling on board.