2018 – Polarstern-Blog

23. October 2018 - Polarstern Fahrtleiter

Measuring ice and snow thickness : Poke it with a stick

By Damien Ringeisen | (Last blogpost from PS115.2 expedition to the Arctic after Polarstern’s arrival in Bremerhaven) Is there a more iconic picture than a ...

8. October 2018 - Polarstern Fahrtleiter

Some words about geology and the Polarstern…

By Myriam Caron | 81°N 128°E. As an ArcTrain PhD Student studying geology in the polar regions, it is with great excitement that I came ...

2. October 2018 - Polarstern Fahrtleiter

A visit to the crow’s nest

By Charles Bruntte | 82N, 143E. We wake up to a radiant Sun and a calm sea. This is a very pleasant surprise after ...

25. September 2018 - Polarstern Fahrtleiter

Have you ever been in the belly of a giant whale?

By Sergei Freiman | Over the last three days, every inhabitant of the Polarstern could feel the beat of the seismic airguns that shake ...

21. September 2018 - Polarstern Fahrtleiter

ArcTrain Students: Watch Keepers

By Charles Brunette (McGill University) | 81N, 145E. It has now been two weeks since the expedition PS115/2 started. What have the ArcTrain students ...