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 Karin Lochte and Karen Wiltshire| Being at Sea as a scientist on the RV Polarstern is a kind of surreal experience - one works all hours. Night becomes day and day becomes night. The ocean is the horizon and time is ship time. The crew is expert in helping in all situations and makes suggestions ...[Read more]
At the moment we are on our way to Tromsø, where our Arctic adventure finally ends. Here, we would like to give you the opportunity to get an insight in the life on board RV Polarstern as an ArcTrain student. 07:00... Alarm rings. Press the snooze button. Get up ten minutes later. Take a shower - ...[Read more]
