By Dominik Nachtsheim It has been a long way, but we made it: On 20th December Polarstern successfully approached the shelf ice edge despite heavy ice conditions in the Atka Bay. The unloading of cargo and fuel for Neumayer-Station III and the Kohnen Station started immediately. The whole process ... [Read more]
By Yasemin Bodur On the 12th of December, around the 55. Latitude, the first signs of the Antarctic continent are passing our port holes. The sky has already merged with the fog to a greyish substance and the horizon disappeared behind it. In the beginning the ice floes are hard to distinguish ... [Read more]
By Henrik Christiansen | On sixth of December, research icebreaker “Polarstern” began its journey from Cape Town towards Antarctica for the now 30th time. Besides resupplying the German Antarctic station Neumayer III a large multidisciplinary science program is scheduled. The ship is ... [Read more]
By Ngozi Oguguah & Edem Mahu | As we approach Cape Town, South Africa, we take the opportunity to reflect on the journey so far from Bremerhaven, Germany. Seven out of the 32 student scientists participating in the 2015 North-South Atlantic Floating Summer School aboard FS Polarstern are ... [Read more]
By Dr Pauhla McGrane & Prof Karen Wiltshire | Life on-board the RV Polarstern continues to revolve around the daily ocean sampling, data crunching and mealtime routines as we continue to transit south on our Floating University. We passed the 20° South parallel and are steering a ... [Read more]
