• Schedules

      Schedules Ships Timetables Polarstern Auf zur Neumayer-Station (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific coordinator (Dr. Ingo Schewe) 2026 2027 plan Antarctica InSync

    • Expeditions

      156 'LAMEX 1' - Central Arctic and Northeast Greenland with RV Polarstern Expedition PS156 (LAMEX 1 – L omonosov- A lpha- M orris Jesup Rise Ex pedition 1) with the research vessel Polarstern will take [...] prevailing during the expedition. After departing Tromsø, RV Polarstern will first transit to Longyearbyen (Svalbard), collecting continuous hydroacoustic data along the way. The scientific program will [...] planned in total. Upon completion of the scientific program, RV Polarstern will return to Bremerhaven, where the expedition will end on 14 October 2026. The LAMEX 1 expedition is part of the ERC Synergy

    • Research Vessel and Icebreaker Polarstern

      Research ice breaker Polarstern An Icon of German Polar Research The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the [...] Research and Logistics Scientific coordinator: Dr. Ingo Schewe Polarstern-App Project proposal Cruise planning Info for expedition participants Expedition programs Publications about Polarstern Raw data [...] implement the latest technologies available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. Polarstern App Polarstern Chronicle News Polarstern (Photo: Jan Rohde ) News from aboard will be available in

    • Sustainability

      Diversity and Anti-discrimination Construction of the new Polarstern Health at the Workplace AWI Family Office

    • Publications

      Acoustic distribution of Antarctic Krill during SO-GLOBEC 2001 - POLARSTERN Expedition. ASLO Symposium Hawaii , USA Science communication 2025 Press Film about the BEA project NordWest-Award (08/2024)-

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