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The German research vessel Polarstern has returned today to Bremerhaven from the Arctic Sea. It has cruised as the first research vessel ever both the Northeast and the Northwest Passages [...] German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. After the usual maintenance and repair work, Polarstern will leave on October 31st with the destination Cape town. There begins the Antarctic season 2008/09 [...] makes available to international science important infrastructure, e.g. the research icebreaker “Polarstern” and research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic. AWI is one of 15 research centres within the

scraping: the first field experiment to test re-colonization of the seafloor in AntarcticaThe 'Polarstern', research vessel of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, has just started

cancelled the Europe-wide call for tenders for the procurement of a new polar research vessel, Polarstern II, for legal reasons. In times of unresolved climate issues, the research mission of the Alfred [...] an icebreaker that is as future-proof, powerful and sustainable as possible.
The icebreaker Polarstern is the symbol of German polar research. Put into service in 1982 the research vessel has completed [...] working in the service of addressing crucial questions of climate change.

"We are proud of our Polarstern, which is currently drifting past the North Pole under extreme conditions - locked in the Arctic

Related Links: Where is Polarstern? (PDF) Where is Polarstern? (Google Earth) Current Weather Data Meereisportal (German only) Sea ice close to Polarstern (Uni Bremen) General Polarstern Infos Cruise Reports [...] Current Meteorological Data Polarstern is well equipped for meteorological research as well as for routine meteorological services. The meteorological observatory is permanently manned with a weather [...] System (GTS) by email where they contribute to weather forecasting. The weather forecaster from Polarstern is responsible to advice the ships captain as well as the helicopter pilots and all scientists

HAUSGARTEN: 26 2019 Polarstern PS121 2018 Maria S. Merian MSM77 2018 Polarstern PS114 2017 Polarstern PS108 2017 Polarstern PS107 2016 Polarstern PS99.2 2015 Polarstern PS93.2 2014 Polarstern PS85 2013 Maria [...] Maria S. Merian MSM29 2012 Polarstern ARK-XXVII/2 2011 Polarstern ARK-XXVI/2 2010 Polarstern ARK-XXV/2 2009 Polarstern ARK-XXIV/2 2008 Polarstern ARK-XXIII/2 2007 Polarstern ARK-XXII/1c 2006 Maria S. Merian [...] L'Atalante Arctic Ocean 2005 2005 Polarstern ARK-XXI/1b 2004 Polarstern ARK-XX/1 2003 Polarstern ARK-XIX/3c 2003 Polarstern ARK-XIX/1 2002 Polarstern ARK-XVIII/1 2001 Polarstern ARK-XVII/2 2001 L'Atalante Arctic

crew of the Polarstern even frees a British research ship trapped in the pack ice. Polarstern in the waters off Greenland (Photo: Hannes Grobe) Operations 1982-1989 9 December 1982 – RV Polarstern is taken [...] amounted to 188 million marks (over 96 million euros). Contruction of Polarstern (Photo: Klaus von Bröckel) Construction of Polarstern II Data June 1979 – The invitation to tender for construction of the [...] in Kiel 25.01.1982 named „Polarstern“ 9. Dezember 1982 by German Federal Ministe r for Research Heinz Riesenhuber Construction period The new research icebreaker Polarstern’s first journeys take her to

Apr-May 2016 RV Polarstern, PS99, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to Tromsö, Jun-Jul 2016 RV Polarstern, PS103, Atlantic Southern Ocean, Capetown to Punta Arenas, Dec 2016-Feb 2017 RV Polarstern, PS107, Fram Strait [...] et al. 2015, Losa et al. 2017). Past cruises RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-1, Bremerhaven (Germany) to Cape Town (South Africa) in Oct/Nov 2007 RV Polarstern, ANT XXIV-4, Punta Arenas (Chile) to Bremerhaven [...] in Jul/Aug 2008 RV Polarstern, ANT XXV-1, Bremerhaven to Cape Town, Nov/Dec 2008 RV Sonne, SO202.2 (TransBrom-Sonne), Kushiro (Japan) to Townsville (Australia), Oct 2009 RV Polarstern, ANT XXVI-4, Punta

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Weekly reports:

All reports: www.awi.de/expedition/schiffe/

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The decision to abandon plans to travel [...] travel to the Larsen C Ice Shelf: www.awi.de/expedition/schiffe/

Until mid-August 2019, Polarstern will be at the Lloyd Werft shipyards in Bremerhaven. During her time there

The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more [...] the latest technologies available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. What’s on the odometer? By 2012, the research icebreaker Polarstern had logged 1,462,338 nautical miles. That number can [...] Today she’s one of the world’s most advanced and versatile polar research ships in the world. The Polarstern operates an average of 310 days a year, typically cruising in the Antarctic from November to March

Press release
The “Polarstern” leaves for winterexperiments in the ArcticOn 28th february at 12 p.m. “Polarstern”, the research vessel of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI), will set sail again. The [...] formation of bottom water in the Greenland Sea.“Polarstern” in drifting sea iceTo study the atmospheric conditions close above the sea ice itself, “Polarstern” will head into the pack ice, become enclosed [...] unusual mission: In order to study the processes of ice production during the arctic winter, the “Polarstern” is heading for ice-free regions. Most of the arctic ice is formed in these so-called polynyas