• Important phenomenon discovered in the Arctic

      An international study led by the University of Copenhagen and involving the Alfred Wegener Institute has discovered an important phenomenon under the Arctic sea ice that was previously thought to be

    • Setting sail to a region in rapid transition

      With the departure of the research vessel Polarstern from Punta Arenas (Chile) scheduled for this weekend, the "Summer Weddell Sea Outflow Study" (SWOS) international expedition will commence. Up to e

    • Polarstern longterm cruise planning

      Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and United Kingdom PS153; Project: SWOS Christian Haas/Ilka Peeken (GPF20-2/005) GOALS: Collection of multidisciplinary information on the western Weddell Sea continental [...] and gradients in dependence of sea ice conditions Principal Investigators: Christian Haas E-Mail Ilka Peeken E-Mail Participants: 43 Free berths: - Period: February - April 2026 Days at sea : 63 Working Area:

    • Microplastics

      Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “Microplastics Reactor” and “Sediment Separator” (in-house technology transfer

    • Projects

      Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “Microplastics Reactor” and “Sediment Separator” (in-house technology transfer

    • SynSenPFT

      Japan (Prof. Dr. Takafumi Hirata) AWI, Polar Biological Oceanography , Bremerhaven, Germany ( Dr. Ilka Peeken ) Richmond School of Arts and Science, Dep. of Geography and Environment (Dr. Tihomir Kostadinov)

    • Team

      Metfies Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer PD Dr. Barbara Niehoff Dr. Eva-Maria Nöthig, Senior Advisor Dr. Ilka Peeken Prof. Dr. Kristin Tessmar-Raible Dr. Klaus Valentin, Senior Advisor PhD Students Magda Dolinkiewicz

    • PEBCAO

      Dr. Katja Metfies (PI, molecularbiology) PD Dr. Barbara Niehoff (PI, zooplankton ecology) Dr. Ilka Peeken (PI, sea ice ecology & flow cytometry) associated scientists: Dr. Eduard Bauerfeind Dr. Hauke Flores

    • Week 1 at the ice floe

      that it will soon be gone. With contributions from Ulrike Egerer, Hauke Flores, Allison Fong, Ilka Peeken, Priit Tisler

    • Into the ice – RV Polarstern opens the arctic season by setting course for Spitsbergen

      Polarstern will leave its home port in Bremerhaven, setting a course for the Arctic. Led by Dr Ilka Peeken from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) a team