• what we do

    expedition of our time, during which the research vessel “Polarstern” was frozen in the Arctic ice for a year to study the effects of climate change. Scientists from 20 nations collected valuable [...] fronts? Antarctic expeditions on board the research icebreaker Polarstern take us to the stormy seas of the “Furious Fifties” and “Screaming Sixties” and to the majestic silence of the ice-covered ocean

  • Biophysics (NMR)

    also: Micro-CT on expedition Report of the use of a micro-CT on Polarstern. Find out more Mussel in the tube A visit from Buten un Binnen. (only available in German) Find out more A view inside – a fish

  • ECOTRACE

    Polarstern expedition ANT XXVII-2. Picture: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Southern Ocean phytoplankton are major drivers of

  • Team

    Scientist, System Manager Laboratories New Building Project Polarstern II Kohlbach, Doreen Head of Young Investigator Group DOUBLE TROUBLE Kong, Xianyu Postdoc ONE-BLUE Kremer, Kira PhD Student YIG

  • Long Term Observations

    . Atmosphere Antarctic (Neumayer-Station III) Arctic (AWIPEV) Polarstern (Ice breaker) Automatic Weather Stations Geophysics Seismics (Neumayer-Station III) Magnetics (Neumayer-Station III) Infrasound

  • Arctic Pulse

    ship-based observations from the German research icebreaker RV Polarstern (Expedition BeauPAIR) and the Canadian icebreaker CCGS Amundsen, complemented by airborne surveys using AWI’s Polar 5 and Polar [...] livelihoods and food security of Inuvialuit communities. RV Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean (Photo: Esther Horvath) From the boreal forest and tundra to the deep ocean, Arctic Pulse 2027 follows the [...] Morgenstern Project website: www.arcticpulse.ca The Polarstern cruise The main goal of the BeauPAIR campaign (PS161 and PS162) is to assess the effects of human-driven and natural climate

  • Physical Oceanography

    Antarctic Oceans for a changing climate and the polar ecosystems. Polarstern in der Arktis / Polarstern in the Arctic Contact Prof. Dr. Torsten Kanzow +49(471)4831-2913 Torsten.Kanzow @ awi.de Assistant:

  • Grazers impact on Fe biogeochemistry

    Fe biogeochemistry in Fe-limited oceanic waters The icebreaker Polarstern in Ryder Bay, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Photo: S. Trimborn (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The western Atlantic sector of the [...] salps) and their grazing products will be performed during the Polarstern expedition PS112 in the northern WAP in 2018. This project will be carried out in close cooperation with Prof. Dr. Christel Hassler

  • Central Arctic

    ). In addition to research cruises by icebreaking ships, e.g. Polarstern and air-supported spring expeditions, autonomous ice-tethered buoy systems like FRAM or MIDO have enabled a nearly year-round,

  • Engergy Budgets

    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