Polarstern-Blog

By Henrik Christiansen | Scientists are very busy people (which is also why they rarely write blog entries on time). To be honest most ...

By Hanna Scheuffele & Henrik Christiansen |   By the 10th of January the 51 scientists of cruise PS 96 are celebrating half time. ...

By Kevin Kocot | Currently we are breaking ice and making our way westward. The region we are approaching is particularly interesting to some ...

By Leonard Rossmann | On the 27th of December it was time to say good-bye again. Since we left the Neumayer III station, we ...

By Yasemin Bodur On the 12th of December, around the 55. Latitude, the first signs of the Antarctic continent are passing our port holes. ...

By Henrik Christiansen | On sixth of December, research icebreaker “Polarstern” began its journey from Cape Town towards Antarctica for the now 30th time. ...

By Ngozi Oguguah & Edem Mahu | As we approach Cape Town, South Africa, we take the opportunity to reflect on the journey so ...

By Dr Pauhla McGrane & Prof Karen Wiltshire | Life on-board the RV Polarstern continues to revolve around the daily ocean sampling, data crunching ...

By Karin Lochte and Karen Wiltshire| Being at Sea as a scientist on the RV Polarstern is a kind of surreal experience – one ...