here on board assessing anthropogenic impacts on the marine ecosystem on our way from Bremerhaven to Fram Strait (and back) and at HAUSGARTEN observatory.

the research icebreaker Polarstern returned from its roughly one month-long Arctic expedition to the Fram Strait between Greenland and Spitsbergen. In the so-called Hausgarten of the Alfred Wegener Institute

oceanographic measurements and biological research in the water column and on the seafloor of the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard.

Arctic Ocean
In the summer months, sea ice from the Arctic drifts through Fram Strait into the Atlantic. Thanks to meltwater, a stable layer forms around the drifting ice atop the more salty seawater [...] as a team of researchers led by the Alfred Wegener Institute has now determined with the aid of the FRAM ocean observation system. Their findings have just been published in the journal Nature Communications

such changes, the research teams on board the Polarstern investigated Atlantic Water Recirculation in Fram Strait and in the marginal ice zone north of Svalbard, as well as ocean/glacier interactions off the

will focus on extended ecological fieldwork at the AWI’s deep-sea observatory Hausgarten and at the FRAM Ocean Observing System between Greenland and Svalbard. 50 researchers and a ship’s crew of 24 will

the Helmholtz Association-sponsored infrastructure project “FRontiers in Arctic marine Monitoring” (FRAM). The sediments collected by the expedition team from the rim of the Lomonosov Ridge date back 30

Under water FRAM COSYNA ACROSS Air Meteorology Earth Geophysics

measure biological, chemical, and physical parameters in the upper 100-150 m of the Arctic water column. FRAM Moorings Include several types of sensors to measure physical properties of the water column, like

FRAM Data Integration A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data. These data are an important basis for scientific studies, are supporting computer simulations of the [...] and nutrient supply processes, such as vertical mixing and eddy transport in Fram Strait. Modelling with data from the Fram-Strait and the Arctic (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] the Arctic ecosystem and improve validations of remote sensing products. FRAM data will be made available via the AWI data portal, which is currently being build up. From Space to Earth Cutting edge analytical