Archives for October 2015

Supplement from the Arctic: Marine litter

Folke Mehrtens 23. October 2015

Polarstern came back from the Arctic to its homeport Bremerhaven last week. During shipyard time there are not bloggers on board. Time for us to look back to the so-called AWI Hausgarten. Biologist Melanie Bergmann reports on her work about plastic litter. Post from the Arctic in August ... [Read more]

Auroras!

Folke Mehrtens 4. October 2015

By Stefan Hendricks and Mario Hoppmann | It. Does. Not. Stop. Polarstern continuously moves and shakes in the swell of the Barents Sea. Usually a cause for seasickness, the movements and the vibrations now cause pain for photographers onboard. Because on our way to the Norwegian coastline we ... [Read more]