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Neumayer Station III

Working and living in Antarctica

Despite the adverse conditions in the Antarctic, the Alfred Wegener Institute maintains a station where researchers can live and work year-round.
Library in the Ice

Germany’s southernmost library can be found at 70°40´S, 08°16´W: In the 2004/2005 summer in the southern hemisphere, the artist Lutz Fritsch erected the “Library in the Ice” on the Antarctic Ekström Ice Shelf – to create a space for interaction between science and culture

Germanys southernmost workplace

In the AtkaXpress the overwinterer team write about their daily life (only in German).

Georg von Neumayer

Outstanding commitment to polar research

Georg von Neumayer dedicated his life to the exploration of the Antarctic.

The construction of Neumayer Station III

Building on a drifting ice shelf and under extreme conditions: a considerable challenge.

Research and Logistics

Glimpses from work at the station

Webcam

The webcam at the Neumayer station provides a current picture every 10 minutes – the time-lapse video shows the images of the last 24 hours. At night the camera switches over to black and white images. During a snowstorm it is possible that you cannot see the station at all.

Ways into research

The Logos created by the overwinterer teams since 1987

Since many years every overwinterer team from Neumayer creates its own logo. The most recent onces are collected and displayed in this gallery.