degree and spatial distribution of the average ice coverage in the Fram Strait and Nordic Seas ( Müller et al., 2011 ; Spielhagen et al., 2015). At the AWI (partly in cooperation with Bergen University),

Claudia Lorenz (DBU stipend), Sebastian Primpke and Gunnar Gerdts) Fram Pollution Observatory / Microplastics in the Arctic (in-house project; PIs: Melanie Bergmann, Ilka Peeken and Gunnar Gerdts) “

Cruise track (planned) Programme (planned) PS93.1 | ARK-XXIX/2.1 | Fram Strait/Greenland Sea Start: 2015-06-29, Longyearbyen End: 2015-07-17, Tromsö Chief Scientist: R. Stein Cruise report Programme Weekly

, Lamont, Palisades, New York, USA IODP project webpage: Eastern Fram Strait Paleo-Archive (FRAME), Expedition 403

acoustic environment in the polar oceans, the Weddell Sea and Fram Strait in particular. To do so, we use long-term (multi-year) visual observations and passive acoustic… Find out more Long-term

expeditions. Our expeditions mainly take us to three focus regions: Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, the Eurasian sector of the Arctic Ocean, and the Weddell Sea in the Atlantic sector of the

different test campaigns are planned, including a shorter drift in Fram Strait in summer 2025 and winter experiments in Svalbard. Tara Polar Station in Lorient, France, in April 2025 (Photo: Marcel Nicolaus

., Taylor, J. , Krauß, F. (2018): Bioturbation rates in the deep Fram Strait: Results from long-term in situ experiments at the arctic LTER Observatory HAUSGARTEN. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology

Antarctic, monitoring ocean currents at our deep-sea moorings in the Fram Strait and the Weddell Sea, and the data from our sea-ice buoys drifting through the Antarctic and Arctic Oceans, as well as the data

the overall diversity of the entire plankton community of the Fram Strait (Arctic) is assessed. This data is then applied to forecast future scenarios of Arctic planktonic biodiversity. Recommendations