Marine Pollution
Working in the Arctic Fram Strait, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have found microplastic throughout the water column [...] explanation for this high level of pollution. According to their findings, the two main ocean currents in Fram Strait transport the microscopically small plastic particles into the region between Greenland and

oceanographic measurements and biological research in the water column and on the seafloor of the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard.

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).

Press release

Press release

FRAM Data Integration A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data. These data are an important basis for scientific studies, are supporting computer simulations of the [...] and nutrient supply processes, such as vertical mixing and eddy transport in Fram Strait. Modelling with data from the Fram-Strait and the Arctic (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] the Arctic ecosystem and improve validations of remote sensing products. FRAM data will be made available via the AWI data portal, which is currently being build up. From Space to Earth Cutting edge analytical

Project coordination: Martina Loebl Download FRAM-Broschüre Research und logistics Info for expedition participants Cruise planning Publications FRAM Data from FRAM [...] and biological data in high temporal and spatial resolution. Research Areas Fram Strait and Central Arctic Starting point for FRAM are two AWI long term observatories: the moorings in West Spitsbergen Current [...] its importance for the global ocean circulation the Fram Strait has long since been a focus area of AWI scientists. A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data that will

measure biological, chemical, and physical parameters in the upper 100-150 m of the Arctic water column. FRAM Moorings Include several types of sensors to measure physical properties of the water column, like

Barents Sea or Fram Strait. In the eastern Fram Strait, Atlantic Water flows northward in the West Spitsbergen Current between the surface and about 800m depth. Some of this water makes a shortcut and recirculates [...] the western Fram Strait on timescales of several months while the rest enters the Arctic Ocean and follows a cyclonic circulation for years to decades. The AWI long-term observations in Fram Strait have [...] Fram Strait / West Spitsbergen current long-term observations Atlantic Water is the main oceanic source of heat, salt, and nutrients of the Arctic Ocean. It enters the Arctic Ocean through the Barents

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