By Rafael Laso Perez | Tac, tac, tac. The sound of the peristaltic pumps helps to stay awake at 4:00 AM in the lab. We just got some water samples from the deep sea and need to process them as soon as possible. After sampling a couple of stations, the procedure has become an enjoyable routine ... [Read more]
Polarstern came back from the Arctic to its homeport Bremerhaven last week. During shipyard time there are not bloggers on board. Time for us to look back to the so-called AWI Hausgarten. Biologist Melanie Bergmann reports on her work about plastic litter. Post from the Arctic in August ... [Read more]
By Katy Hoffmann and Josephine Rapp | We have now been on board for more than two weeks, and the expedition’s halfway point has already passed. In some moments it feels like we’ve been on this ship for ages, and in others like we only just started. Sometimes you are really looking forward to your ... [Read more]
By Katy Hoffmann and Josephine Rapp For roughly five days now we have been sailing through Arctic waters aboard RV Polarstern, our home for the coming weeks. It is the second time that both of us have been here to collect samples for our PhD projects. Over the next three weeks we will conduct ... [Read more]
