News
News from aboard will be available in the Polarstern app. Below you can download the reports additionally as weekly reports.
PS 142 | 17-29 April 2024
PS 142 | 30 April - 6 May 2024
PS 142 | 7-13 May 2024
Weekly reports archive
PS 135_1 | 27-29 March- 2023
PS 135_1 | 20-26 March 2023
PS 135_1 | 13-19 March 2023
PS 134 | 6-12 March 2023
PS 134 | 27 February - 5 March 2023
PS 134 | 20-26 February 2023
PS 134 | 13-19 February 2023
PS 134 | 6-12 February 2023
PS 134 | 30 January - 5 February 2023
PS 134 | 23-29 January 2023
PS 134 | 16-22 January 2023
PS 134 | 9-15 January 2023
PS 134 | 2-8 January 2023
PS 134 | 23 + 27 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 19 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 12 - 18 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 5 - 11 December 2022
PS 133/2 | 28 November - 4 December 2022
PS 133/1 | 20 - 27 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 18 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 14 - 16 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 7 - 13 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 1 - 6 November 2022
PS 133/1 | 24 - 31 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 17 - 23 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 10 - 16 October 2022
PS 133/1 | 2 - 9 October 2022
PS 132 | 26 - 29 September 2022
PS 132 | 19 - 25 September 2022
PS 132 | 12 - 18 September 2022
PS 132 | 5 - 11 September 2022
PS 132 | 31 August - 4 September 2022
PS 131 | 15.- 17. August 2022
PS 131 | 8.- 14. August 2022
PS 131 | 1. - 7. August 2022
PS 131 | 25 - 31 July 2022
PS 131 | 18 - 24 July 2022
PS 131 | 11 - 17 July 2022
PS 131 | 4 - 8 July 2022
PS 131 | 29 June - 1 July 2022
PS 130/2 | 30 - 31 May 2022
PS 130/2 | 24 - 27 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 23 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 16 - 20 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 9 - 13 May 2022
PS 130/1 | 2 - 6 May 2022
PS 129 | 25 - 29 April 2022
PS 129 | 18 - 22 April 2022
PS 129 | 11 - 15 April 2022
PS 129 | 2 - 8 April 2022
PS 129 | 28 March - 1 April 2022
PS 129 | 21 - 25 March 2022
PS 129 | 14 - 18 March 2022
PS 129 | 7 - 11 March 2022
PS 128 | 27 - 28 February 2022
PS 128 | 21 - 25 February 2022
PS 128 | 14 - 18 February 2022
PS 128 | 7 - 11 February 2022
PS 128 | 31 January - 6 February 2022
PS 128 | 24 - 30 January 2022
PS 128 | 17 - 23 January 2022
PS 128 | 10 - 16 January 2022
Where is polarstern?
Figures and facts
| Port of registry | Bremerhaven |
|---|---|
| Length | 118 metres |
| Width | 25 metres |
| Max. draught | 11.20 metres |
| Max. displacement | 17,277 tons |
| Empty weight | 12,012 tons |
| Commissioning AWI | 1982 |
| Engine | 4 x KHD RBV 8M540 |
| Engine power | 19,198 PS (four engines) |
| Range | 19,000 nautical miles / 80 days |
| Max. speed | 16 knots |
| Operation area | Everywhere including pack ice zone |
| Crew | 44 |
| Days on sea per year | on average approx. 305 |
| Shipyard | Nobiskrug, Rendsburg and Howaldswerke - Deutsche Werft Kiel AG, Germany |
| Scientists per day / long term sailing | none / 53 |
More Information
Polarstern is not only a research vessel but also a gigantic measuring instrument. Data are constantly collected aboard, some of them are also sent consecutively to different receivers. Further information about Polarstern can be found on the following pages:
AWI
Cruise Reports (data overview)
Extern
The sound of Polarstern
(Kopie 11)
News
Return from East Antarctica
After more than six months, the research icebreaker Polarstern is returning to its home port of Bremerhaven after a successful Antarctic season. The expeditions to the southern hemisphere and the transit there focussed on the oceanography and geology of East Antarctica as well as student training. Because of this special study area for the Polarstern, there was a change of personnel in Hobart, which was the first port call in Australia in her more than 40-year history.
POLARIN: Network for polar research infrastructures
From now on, a network of 50 partner institutes will provide access to polar research infrastructures. Over the next five years, the European Union will provide 14.6 million euros in funding for the new POLARIN project (Polar Research Infrastructure Network). Slated to officially launch on 1 March 2024, the project will promote interdisciplinary research that addresses the scientific challenges in both polar regions.
Research vessel Polarstern visits Australia for the first time
She has been travelling in the Arctic and Antarctic in the service of research for over 40 years, but there are still areas that are new territory even for the Polarstern: Between two expeditions to East Antarctica, the Alfred Wegener Institute's research icebreaker reached Hobart in Tasmania on 30 January 2024 and will remain there until 6 February. The German Embassy in Australia, together with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the AWI, is inviting representatives from politics, science and society to a celebratory reception on board to mark the first attempt.