Press release

Press release

PS93.1 Weekly Report No. 1 | 29 June to 5 July 2015
At 8:00 am the embarkment of scientists starts. As Polarstern cannot enter the harbor pier directly, people have to use the Zodiac (Fig.1).

the marine habitats of the High North. This is indicated by data from long-term observations in the Fram Strait, which researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) have now analysed. Their most important

lead to study areas northwest of Bear Island, south of Spitsbergen and in the central and eastern Fram Strait.

week was characterized by intense station work both in the West Spitsbergen Current and in central Fram Strait.

oceanographic, biological and biogeochemical workload planned along the zonal transect through central Fram Strait along 78°50’N. Subsequently we added to the mooring array deployed along the Greenwich Meridian

4 September 2016
Today we have completed our research programme at the Knipovich Ridge south of Fram Strait. We are now on the transit toward Tromsø, where we will arrive in the morning of 6 September

October 2016
During the sixth week of expedition PS101 we are making our way home through the ice. A FRAM “superbuoy” station needs to be rescued before we leave the ice.

through ice 34 FRAM Pollution Observatory – Where is all the plastic? 35 FRAM at a glance 36 - 37 Imprint 38 - 39 4 5 societal questions. These three points represent the core of the FRAM mission. Since [...] monitoring. How does the AWI data portal boost FRAM? Ana: By setting FRAM as a highly customized stand- alone collection, we hope to facilitate the discovery of FRAM-related sensors, expeditions/dives, data [...] future development of the Fram Strait region. (3) complements the global observational system by providing additional information of the Arctic. FRAM Data Integration The FRAM modelling system. Left: Surface