Polarstern-Blog

By Rafael Lazo Perez | The ship trembles while we slowly advance through the ice. A crack appears in the ice piece blocking our way. ...

By Rafael Laso Perez | Tac, tac, tac. The sound of the peristaltic pumps helps to stay awake at 4:00 AM in the lab. ...

By Rafael Laso Perez | The excitement runs through my veins. In a couple of hours we will arrive to S3, my first sampling station ...

By Benjamin Lange | Arctic sea ice thickness and extent have undergone significant changes over the past ~30 years. The observed changes are actually ...

By Ulrich Küster | Being a northern Germany native, the term “Beluga” was mostly associated with the large Airbus transport planes that would pass ...

By Fokje Schaafsma | On Friday the 23th of June, RV Polarstern left Svalbard for the SiPCA expedition to the Arctic Ocean. SiPCA stands ...

By Katharina Hochmuth | A couple of days ago, we featured the working group with the most members on board. Today I introduce the group ...

By Yani Najman | It has long been my dream to work in the Antarctic, both because of its fabled beauty and remoteness, and ...

By Thomas Ronge | ‘Furious Fifties’ and ‘Screaming Sixties’ – these are the infamous names of the ocean regions we crossed in our transit towards ...

By Katharina Hochmuth | At midday on February 8th, we began our long transit from Punta Arenas, Chile, to the Amundsen Sea on the ...