• Marine Algal Ecology and Applications

      and impactful. Team Photos Dronecourse - Oldenburg 2026 IMAGE - Fram Strait 2026 IMAGE - Fram Strait 2026 FjordChange - Svalbard 2026 FjordChange - Svalbard 2026 SWOS - Antarctica 2026 SWOS - Antarctica

    • Expeditions

      deployed during expedition PS150, with operations in the central Fram Strait, at the 79°N Glacier, at the northeastern tip of Greenland, and near Independence Fjord. The main working phase will focus on

    • Projects

      Claudia Lorenz (DBU stipend), Sebastian Primpke and Gunnar Gerdts) Fram Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “

    • Dr. Wilken-Jon von Appen

      wilken-jon.von.appen@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-2903
      Klußmannstraße 3d, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • Sofia Kuzmina

      sofia.kuzmina@awi.de
      Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • Dr. Rebecca McPherson

      rebecca.mcpherson@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-2161
      Klußmannstraße 3d, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • M.Sc. Daniel Scholz

      daniel.scholz@awi.de
      +49(471)4831-2366
      Klußmannstraße 1, 27570 Bremerhaven

    • What calling and singing reveal about bowhead whales

      northwest of Spitsbergen, while using the open water in the eastern Fram Strait as a migration corridor. This conclusion comes from researchers in the Ocean Acoustics Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute

    • Projects

      export of sea ice through key Arctic gateways, particularly the Fram and Nares Straits, could slow the loss of Arctic sea ice. Using state-of-the-art climate models, the project will simulate the impacts

    • Polarstern sets course for the HAUSGARTEN Arctic long-term observatory

      launched an ambitious project: the HAUSGARTEN observatory in the Fram Strait between northeast Greenland and Svalbard. Spanning ice-covered waters and extending to depths of more than 5,500 metres, this