Naggar S, Jokat W, Werner B (2008). Broad-band calibration of marine seismic sources used by R/V Polarstern for academic research in polar regions. Geophysical Journal International, 174(2):505–524. DOI: [...] April 2021: Interview ZDF: Klimawandel in der Antarktis ( www.zdf.de/nachrichten/panorama/polarstern-expedition-antarktis-100.html ) March 2021: Interview "Ozeanische Klangwelten" FAZ Sonntagszeitung
e weeks after setting sail from Tromsø, Norway, the Alfred Wegener Institute's research vessel Polarstern makes a stop at the northernmost point on Earth. Here, too, the international team of researchers
largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: In September 2019, the German research icebreaker Polarstern departed from Tromsø (Norway) and, once it had reached its destination, will spend the next year [...] and Marine Research (AWI). Read more about the expedition on the MOSAiC website. Discover more Polarstern Blog Interview with Markus Rex MOSAiC Media Library MOSAiC Video Portal AWI employee newspaper: [...] newspaper: Special issue MOSAiC MOSAiC Twitter channel MOSAiC-Web-App Live onboard: Follow Polarstern’s current location through the MOSAiC-Web-App. MOSAiC-Website Our english project website presents more profound
During the last Antarctic season, British Polarstern expedition members Dr. Robert D. Larter and Dr. Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovered a new landmark in the Southern [...] Southern Ocean with one of the Polarstern helicopters. This cape is named in honour of the late AWI geologist Christian Hass.
polar research: New Polarstern Detlef Wilde, project director for the construction of the new Polarstern at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Research vessel Icebreaker Expedition New Polarstern The Research Vessel [...] status of the procurement procedure for the new Polarstern is expected in 2024. The handover of the completed ship is slated for 2027. The new Polarstern will make it possible for researchers from around [...] generations. The requirements profile reflects the lessons learned over the Polarstern’s nearly 40 years of service. The new Polarstern will be capable of operating under changing ice and weather conditions
ArcWatch 1 On Thursday, 3 August 2023, the research vessel Polarstern is scheduled to set off from Tromsø, Norway, towards the North Pole. For two months, a good fifty scientific expedition participants
Polarstern Core Repository The section Marine Geology curates and archives sediment cores from both polar oceans which were taken by RV Polarstern since 1983. The collection comprises more than 4000 cores
Related Links: Where is Polarstern? (PDF) Where is Polarstern? (Google Earth) Current Weather Data Meereisportal (German only) Sea ice close to Polarstern (Uni Bremen) General Polarstern Infos Cruise Reports [...] Current Meteorological Data Polarstern is well equipped for meteorological research as well as for routine meteorological services. The meteorological observatory is permanently manned with a weather [...] System (GTS) by email where they contribute to weather forecasting. The weather forecaster from Polarstern is responsible to advice the ships captain as well as the helicopter pilots and all scientists
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
Our research vessel RV Polarstern is equipped with a PARASOUND DS2 sediment echosounder (ATLAS Hydrographic GmbH, Bremen). This echosounder generates two primary frequencies at ca. 18 and 22 kHz. The secondary