By Maren Richter | We are almost at the end of our cruise and after almost three weeks on board I have still not seen a polar bear! And that after participants of previous cruises had assured me that I would definitely see one. Even if there were none in central Fram Strait then at least ... [Read more]
By Maren Richter | By now almost half of my stay on Polarstern is over. Polarstern left Bremerhaven at 9am on the 10th of July with 42 nautical crew and 57 scientists on board, their instruments, lab materials and supplies. A tv crew was there and spectators stood in Bremerhaven’s drizzle to ... [Read more]
By Franz Schroeter | We are currently in the “marginal ice zone”: the zone right in front of the thick multi-year-ice. Since we reached the sea ice on August 21st, 2015, we have been moving slower. At first, only ice floes drifted by. Soon, however, we approached a white front ahead. We were ... [Read more]
