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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Being prepared
By Anouk Vlug | It is 4 days ago that I boarded the RV Polarstern. The sea is currently calm, which gave me the courage ...
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Box Coring – One Muddy Playground for Scientists
By Anastasia Zhuravleva Is it surprising that our modern society is highly affected by climatic instabilities and rapid environmental shifts? Apparently, not! Meanwhile, dramatic ...
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Shaking Nights and Blue Fingers
By Raul Scarlat I know what a CTD is, I just had trouble remembering what the acronym stands for. Apparently it’s “Conductivity, Temperature, and ...
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Floating University – ArcTrain students on board RV Polarstern
By Annegret Krandick, Kerstin Kretschmer, Laura Gillard, Tilia Breckenfelder ArcTrain, an international research group, allows the opportunity for students to study the processes that ...