• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 Section Head: Prof. Dr. Torsten Kanzow +49(471)4831-2913 Torsten.Kanzow @ awi.de

  • 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

  • Port Warehouse

    Lloyd shipyard in immediate vicinity to the regular berth of "Polarstern" and other research and supply vessels. It offers a space of 4.800 m² for storage and handling purposes and an additional open [...] containers with expedition freight are handled. When loading Polarstern, between 2.500 and 3.000 packages are being lifted over the railing. The port warehouse is located in the Bremerhaven free-harbour

  • CTD Instrument and Water Sampler

    with a CTD probe is being deployed from the research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Agnieszka Beszczynska) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The CTD is an oceanographic instrument used to determine electrical