In the grip of the ice – The power of the Arctic Ocean
Without light, life is not possible. Algae depend on the sun`s energy and can only grow if there is enough light penetrating the ocean. ...
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Negotiating the ice – How Polarstern breaks through the Arctic
At first it feels like flying over the ice. Gently the bow of Polarstern hovers forward over the ice floe at the speed of ...
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Every research trip a new adventure: Working place icebreaker
We are now into week three of the TRANSSIZ cruise to explore sea-ice processes in a seasonal Arctic environment. To date, we have successfully ...
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As clean as mud – first samplings on the expedition
Beyond 80 degrees North, the seascape is dotted with thick ice floes and sometimes you can’t see where the ice ends and the sky ...
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Tiny Trace Gases in Arctic Sea Ice?
Valérie Gros and Roland Sarda-Esteve from the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE) in Paris have experience measuring trace gases in ...
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Is your lab ready? Yes everything is set up for sampling the ice!
We have been sailing for a week now, and the unpacking is completed! The labs and working spaces have been more challenging to set ...
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Let’s meet – How chemists, geologists, physicists, and biologists coordinate their sampling
“At nine there is the ice-meeting and at one there is the mud-meeting…”. Apart from all the other preparations there are a lot of ...
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On the way to the sea-ice edge: Preparations for investigating the Arctic in Rapid Transition
This Tuesday May 19th, the R/V Polarstern departed Bremerhaven port with 51 scientists from 11 countries who will investigate the effects for climate change ...