About Weddell seals and ROV
By Dominik Nachtsheim It has been a long way, but we made it: On 20th December Polarstern successfully approached the shelf ice edge despite ...
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Facing the ice
By Yasemin Bodur On the 12th of December, around the 55. Latitude, the first signs of the Antarctic continent are passing our port holes. ...
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Polarstern accompanied during journey towards Antarctica
By Henrik Christiansen | On sixth of December, research icebreaker “Polarstern” began its journey from Cape Town towards Antarctica for the now 30th time. ...
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NoSoAT – the African Story
By Ngozi Oguguah & Edem Mahu | As we approach Cape Town, South Africa, we take the opportunity to reflect on the journey so ...
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Sensing the Oceans: Oceanographic Phenomena along the North South Atlantic Transect (NoSoAT)
By Dr Pauhla McGrane & Prof Karen Wiltshire | Life on-board the RV Polarstern continues to revolve around the daily ocean sampling, data crunching ...
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Blog from normal working research vessel…..
By Karin Lochte and Karen Wiltshire| Being at Sea as a scientist on the RV Polarstern is a kind of surreal experience – one ...
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A voyage of plankton discovery
By Annette Wilson & Minna Hovi | Greetings from the RV Polarstern! As we approach the equator, obvious changes in the ocean colour can ...
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Sampling the Deep Blue….
By Karen Wiltshire & Pauhla McGrane | The Ocean out here, in this “corner” of the Atlantic at 21° 58 N 21°33 W, is ...
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Seamounts
By Birgit Heim | Seamounts are isolated submarine topographic elevations in the open ocean. They often originate from submarine volcanism, created over so-called hotspots ...
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Floating Summer School on Station
By the students from the Floating Summer School | Ahoy from Polarstern! We have finished our work in the Baye of Biskaye and around the ...