By Thomas Ronge | 'Furious Fifties' and 'Screaming Sixties' – these are the infamous names of the ocean regions we crossed in our transit towards the Amundsen Sea. Despite our misgivings, the weather has been surprisingly good. Hence we had a smooth and uneventful journey to our working ...[Read more]

By Katharina Hochmuth | At midday on February 8th, we began our long transit from Punta Arenas, Chile, to the Amundsen Sea on the coast of West Antarctica – the main area of interest for Polarstern Expedition PS104. After the anchor was lifted in Punta Arenas, we slowly left the port city and cruise ...[Read more]

By Thomas Ronge | Sometimes you read in expedition blogs of other research cruises that an expedition is delayed due to minor problems by one or two days. Until we boarded Polarstern this week, our expedition, PS104, was delayed by two years! Initially, our plan was to set sail in 2015 as PS90. ...[Read more]