By Alessa J. Geiger & Max Zundel | With the Polarstern route change at the very beginning of our expedition, exiting the Strait of Magellan via the Atlantic and not through the Pacific, our pre-selected land study areas seemed far out of reach. Max Zundel and I (Alessa Geiger) had teamed … [Read more...]
By Ursula Schauer | On September 7, 2015 Polarstern reached the geographic North Pole. Already from some distance we recognized the outline of another ship: the US Coast Guard Cutter Healy. The officer on duty, Igor Hering, was steering the ship through the dense ice cover while it slowly … [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...]
At the moment we are on our way to Tromsø, where our Arctic adventure finally ends. Here, we would like to give you the opportunity to get an insight in the life on board RV Polarstern as an ArcTrain student. 07:00... Alarm rings. Press the snooze button. Get up ten minutes later. Take a shower - … [Read more...]
