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Antarctica R. Weller1, I. Levin2, D. Schmithüsen2, M. Nachbar2, J. Asseng1, and D. Wagenbach2 1Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven

of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 2Institut für Umweltgeologie, TU-Braunschweig, Germany 3Alfred Wegener Institut f̈ur Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany Received: 9 November 2009 – Published [...] the Neumayer II research station during the Austral sum- mer 2008/2009 field campaign of the Alfred Wegener Insti- tute (AWI) (70.7137◦ S, 8.4179◦ W). All snow pit samples were taken with 60 ml PE beakers [...] snow pit samples were transported in a frozen state (−20◦C) to the cold room facility of the Alfred Wegener Institute at Bremerhaven, Ger- many. In general, methanesulphonate (MS−), Cl−, NO− 3 , SO2− 4

Ludwig, M. and Schweikert, M. (2013): From mid to high latitudes: marine litter research at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) , International Conference on Prevention and Management of marine Litter in European [...] Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung (Reports on Polar and Marine Research), Bremerhaven, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 527 , 323 p. . 200. Hasemann, C. (2006): Kleinskalige [...] Symposium, 21.-25.08.2005, Vienna, Austria. . 226. Klages, M. (2005): Deep-Sea Research at the Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research , ESONET workshop 20./21. April 2005, IFM-Geomar, Kiel

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Arctic Ocean when the compass can’t provide reliable positioning data? Engineers on board the Alfred Wegener Institute’s research icebreaker Polarstern specially programmed a multicopter, allowing it to

to Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar-u. Meeresforschung, Logistik und Forschungsplattformen, Postfach 12 01 61, D- 27515 Bremerhaven Eingang AL ISPS HFE Kopie AWI-Reiseantrag Eingang Medizin Alfred-We

and Northwest Passages are mostly ice-free already. Scientists from Universität Hamburg and the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) estimate that the ice extent will not hit a record low in 2015 but confirm the

expedition on board the research vessel Sonne (So 242-2), researchers and engineers from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) successfully used the autonomous AWI robot, Tramper, for the first time on a