export freshwater. Major pathways of the export are the East Greenland Current and sea ice flux through Fram Strait. Inflow of saline water from the South is equivalent to a fresh water export. Fresh water from [...] satellite remote sensing and regional airborne sea ice thickness measurements. Oceanographic moorings in Fram Strait provide estimates of liquid fresh water transport. Once validated, the models can be used for [...] by the Transpolar Drift, which carries water and sea ice from the Siberian Shelves to exit at the Fram Strait, and the Beaufort Gyre, a large clockwise rotating gyre in the Canadian Basin (Fig 1). This

Marine Pollution
Working in the Arctic Fram Strait, scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have found microplastic throughout the water column [...] explanation for this high level of pollution. According to their findings, the two main ocean currents in Fram Strait transport the microscopically small plastic particles into the region between Greenland and

first drift expedition of its kind on his sailing ship Fram. Nansen’s goal was to take his ship beyond the Siberian islands. Once there, the Fram would – accord- ing to his projections – be carried across [...] ships a proper send-off, complete with speeches, music and a ceremo- ny, just as was done for Nansen’s Fram expedition 126 years ago. Let’s all get our handkerchiefs ready, because giv- en all the emotions [...] expedition was planned to include twelve men and take five years to complete. On 25 June 1893 the Fram left the port of Oslo, departing for its unprecedented polar expedition. Nansen had his (wooden) research

0 The influence of ice conditions on the zooplankton community composition: a case study from the Fram Strait Niehoff, B., Leßke, R., Hildebrandt, N., Ershova, E., Kosobokova, Ks. 12:00-13:30 Lunch 13:30-13:45 [...] Timokhov, L., Thiede, J. 13:45-14:00 Holocene environmental changes in the Laptev Sea and the western Fram Strait – the sea level-sea ice connection Spielhagen, R.F., Zehnich, M., Syring, N., Taldenkova, E

in the past, was densely covered with ice, including multiyear ice. The journey from the northern Fram Strait to the Pole only took six days to complete. To mark this momentous event, countless members

Structure (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Workpackages WP1 Variability of sea-ice thickness in the Fram Strait and ice formation processes in the source regions Compilation of sea-ice thickness information [...] sea ice on biodiversity and productivity Abundance and composition of zooplankton communities in the Fram Strait and Arctic Ocean Correlation of zooplankton population with sea-ice conditions (source, age [...] Dinter, W. von Appen, I. Morten, I. Salter, (2018), Properties of sediment trap catchment areas in Fram Strait: Results from Langrangian modeling and remote sensing, Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, doi:10

in the Fram Strait. This is indicated by satellite data, which can be used to determine ice drift and concentration. The AWI researchers have also observed that the thickness of sea ice in the Fram Strait [...] explains Thomas Krumpen. The retreat of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover over time The ice's journey ends in the Fram Strait Research efforts in the Laptev Sea offer clues as to how much new ice is formed each winter [...] need to determine how much ice flows back out of the Sea. One of the most important outlets is the Fram Strait – the sea lane between Greenland and Svalbard. Each year, between 500,000 and 800,000 square

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the major flux gates such as the Fram Strait , requires a closer look at the origin of the ice leaving the Arctic Ocean. It is assumed that a substantial part of the Fram Strait export is formed in the Siberian [...] Siberian shelf seas, connected with Fram Strait via the Transpolar Drift. Among the Siberian shelf seas the Laptev Sea is considered one of the most significant regions of net ice production and export

Arctic, that would be e.g. transport of ice or water through Fram Strait. AWI has collected long time series of measurements across the Fram which can be used for model validation. A thorough discussion