• Fram Strait

      Fram Strait / West Spitsbergen current long-term observations Atlantic Water is the main oceanic source of heat, salt, and nutrients of [...] Arctic Ocean. It enters the Arctic Ocean through the 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 [...] . The AWI long-term observations in Fram Strait have been measuring the temperature, salinity, and velocity in the West Spitsbergen Current since 1997 (Figure 1). In the

    • Research icebreaker Polarstern departs for the Fram Strait

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

    • The seafloor of Fram Strait is a sink for microplastic from the Arctic and North Atlantic Ocean

      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 [...] . According to their findings, the two main ocean currents in Fram Strait transport the microscopically small plastic particles into the region between Greenland and Spitsbergen from both the Arctic

    • Successful series of measurements in Arctic sea ice – RV Polarstern completes work in the Fram Strait and enters port in Reykjavik

      Press release

    • Polarstern launches 25th Arctic expedition – research in Greenland Sea, Fram Strait and Baffin Bay

      Press release

    • From Longyearbyen through Fram Strait towards Northeast Greenland

      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).

    • FRAM Data Integration

      FRAM Data Integration A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data. These data are an important basis [...] 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 [...] 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)

    • Ocean: FRAM

      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 and [...] oceans. Due to 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 [...] Torsten Kanzow Project coordination: Martina Loebl Download FRAM-Broschüre Research und logistics Info for expedition participants Cruise planning Publications FRAM Data from FRAM

    • FRAM-Geraete en

      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 current velocity, turbulences,

    • FRAM Ocean Observing System

      .2013.6608008 Publications featuring scientific results from the FRAM Ocean Observing System Conference contributions with results from the FRAM observatory Theses written on results from FRAM observations Seit: 2014 Region: Fram Strait, central Arctic Instrumentierung: Ice-tethered platforms, autonomous underwater vehicles, moorings, stationary and mobile [...] Boetius Publikationen: ePIC Daten: Pangaea Visit the official FRAM webpage Download the FRAM brochure