in-situ

2 , Fram Strait, Bremerhaven-Tromsö; 6 Jun-3 Jul 2014 SHIVASonne SO235 (OASIS-2), Indic Ocean, Port Luis (Mauritius) to Male (Malediven), Jul to Aug 2014 RV Polarstern, ARK XXIX-2.2 (PS93.2), Fram Strait [...] Polarstern, PS99, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to Tromsö, Jun-Jul 2016 RV Polarstern, PS103, Atlantic Southern Ocean, Capetown to Punta Arenas, Dec 2016-Feb 2017 RV Polarstern, PS107, Fram Strait, Tromsö to [...] 2019 RV Polarstern, PS121, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to Tromsö, Aug-Sep 2019 RV Kormoran, BS1, Lake Constance, Langenargen to Langenargen, Mar 2020 RV Maria S. Merian, MSM 93, Fram Strait, Bremerhaven to

MELTEX-II

ice conditions in the main export pathway of Arctic sea ice, the Fram Strait, and in the Lincoln Sea delivering the thickest ice to Fram Strait. Based on measurement data we will determine sea ice thickness

MELTEX-II

ice conditions in the main export pathway of Arctic sea ice, the Fram Strait, and in the Lincoln Sea delivering the thickest ice to Fram Strait. Based on measurement data we will determine sea ice thickness

Polarstern Sets Sail for the Arctic

Arctic Expedition
On Whit Monday, 24 May 2021, the Polarstern will set sail for the Arctic. In Fram Strait, between Greenland and Svalbard, more than 50 participating scientists will resume the long-term

Freedom!

indispensable “single punishment” on Pentecost Monday, May 24, and set sail for our expedition to the Fram Strait, the passage between Greenland and Spitsbergen.

With high-tech in the deep sea

operating in our study area, i.e. the LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research) Observatory HAUSGARTEN in Fram Strait between Greenland and the Svalbard archipelago.

Arctic_en

methods successfully reproduce the 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

Heat from Below: How the Ocean is Wearing Down the Arctic Sea Ice

later, when the ice has drifted towards Greenland via the North Pole and leaves the Arctic through Fram Strait. This study also includes data from the MOSAiC expedition.

Human imprints and final considerations

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

Hausgarten Expedition ends

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