Polarstern Expedition The world’s second-largest ice shelf was the destination for a Polarstern expedition that ended in Punta Arenas, Chile on 14 th March 2018. Oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener
RV Polarstern starts the Arctic season Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) are setting out with the research vessel Polarstern towards
recorded step by step. The data within the EIS refer to the actual stay on board Polarstern. The entire cargo for Polarstern must also be recorded via EIS. Individual freight lists can no longer be processed [...] Information EIS The logistic handling of expeditions with FS Polarstern is carried out via a web-based application. The scientific coordination creates expeditions with a voyage leader. The voyage leader
The Research Vessel Polarstern is the most important resource for German polar research and the flagship of the Alfred Wegener Institute. Commissioned on 9 December 1982, the Polarstern has since logged more [...] latest technologies available. A successor to the Polarstern is also planned. What’s on the odometer? By April 2024, the research icebreaker Polarstern had logged 1,915,605 nautical miles. One nautical [...] Today she’s one of the world’s most advanced and versatile polar research ships in the world. The Polarstern operates an average of 305 days a year, typically cruising in the Antarctic from November to March
After eventful and busy months, the Arctic season ends this weekend with the Polarstern expedition called ArcWatch-1. The team of almost 100 crew and scientists measured sea ice thickness and properties [...] sea. Their data show significant changes compared to previous expeditions. On 7 September 2023, Polarstern reached the North Pole, and on 20 September there was the world's first livestream of an ROV under-ice
the Polarstern to the Central Arctic. It was the first buoy to be sent off during the MOSAiC expedition. It was part of the "Distributed Network," a large buoy network that drifted around Polarstern at
.940352 Bracher , Astrid ; Wiegmann , Sonja (2022) Phytoplankton pigment concentrations during POLARSTERN cruise PS121 from North Sea to Fram in August to September 2019. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea [...] to 952 nm of underwater light profiles measured at discrete stations with radiometry during RV Polarstern cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Oceam. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.931480 Bracher [...] Phytoplankton pigment concentration and phytoplankton groups measured on water samples obtained during POLARSTERN cruise PS113 in the Atlantic Ocean. PANGAEA , doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.911061 Bracher
Polarstern expedition draws to a close in Bremerhaven In the autumn, the waters surrounding the Antarctic Peninsula were still home to large quantities of krill and salps, ready to spawn. Thanks to [...] such changes was a central topic during this year’s Antarctic season on board the research vessel Polarstern, which will end when, on Monday 11 June 2018, the ship returns to its homeport, Bremerhaven, after
February 2016 At midnight between the 19-20th of February we finally had the get-go for the FS Polarstern PS97 Expedition. It was a long way to this very point. An advance group had arrived in Punta Arenas [...] containers from the previous Antarctic Expedition PS96 with our materials. Unfortunately the FS Polarstern could not access the Mardones container loading pier in Punta Arenas, as it was still being occupied