• Publications

    Strass, V., Krägefsky, S. (2002): Acoustic distribution of Antarctic Krill during SO-GLOBEC 2001 - POLARSTERN Expedition. ASLO Symposium Hawaii , USA Science communication 2025 Press Film about the BEA project

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

    In 1999, the Alfred Wegener Institute launched an ambitious project: the HAUSGARTEN observatory in the Fram Strait between northeast Greenland and Svalbard. Spanning ice-covered waters and extending t

  • Information for Expedition Participants

    necessary national permits. Polarstern Expedition participants: Polarstern-Wiki EIS - Expedition Interface System EIS - General info and wiki Deadlines 360 degr. tour Map of Polarstern General arrangement plan [...] valid for most expeditions Personal questionnaire This section does not apply to expeditions with Polarstern, Heincke, Uthörn, Mya II and Aade and participation in all land expeditions to the Antarctic (e [...] questionnaire Medical questionnaire Not necessary for expeditions with Uthörn, Mya II or Aade. RV Polarstern, RV Heincke, Neumayer III, and Kohnen expeditions: Participants will get all information and the

  • Documentary "Faszination Tiefsee" in the ARTE media library

    Papirowski takes viewers on a journey through the deep sea, including AWI research carried out on the Polarstern and in the laboratory. The film is available in the ARTE media library.

  • Proposals

    submitted one year in advance. For POLARSTERN (main use): ARCTIC and ANTARCTIC: Preliminary coordination for main usage applications takes place annually at the POLARSTERN workshop in March. Usage ideas should [...] Scientific proposals Ships Polarstern and Heincke The operators of the large and medium-sized German research vessels have jointly established a procedure which offers the opportunity to exchange the [...] reviews for all ships and thus helps optimizing operation. Proposals for the use of research vessels POLARSTERN and HEINCKE can only be submitted to the German Research Vessel Evaluation Panel (GPF) via the

  • Projects

    November 2023, a ten-week geochemical expedition (EASI-2 / PS140) on board the research vessel Polarstern will set off from Cape Town to East Antarctica. This is one of three coordinated Antarctic cruises [...] Protactinium, Radium and Thorium in the Arctic Ocean The Transarc expeditions together with earlier Polarstern campaigns have yielded a unique time series of the chemical and physical properties of the Central

  • Cooperations

    Approximately one quarter of all AWI expedition participants in research cruises aboard the RV Polarstern are international visiting scientists. AWI primary partner institutions Institution Country British

  • SO-Clim

    sun in the central Arctic. View of drift and pack ice from on board the German research vessel Polarstern. (Photo: Stefan Hendricks / AWI) Affiliation with LMU Munich

  • Polarstern longterm cruise planning

    Transits and Campaigns - Antarctic Contact Scientific Coordinator RV Polarstern Dr. Ingo Schewe E-Mail 0471 / 4831-1737 Polarstern longterm plan Transits and Expeditions - Antarctic 2023/2024 PS140; Project: [...] POLARSTERN long-term expedition planning This page provides an overview of all the main-user applications considered in the expedition planning so far. Potential secondary-user applicants please contact

  • Reports on Polar and Marine Research

    Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research Archived reports Repository EPIC Expedition reports Polarstern Portal MARINE DATA Repository PANGAEA Expedition reports all research platforms Portal MARINE DATA