By Anastasia Zhuravleva Is it surprising that our modern society is highly affected by climatic instabilities and rapid environmental shifts? Apparently, not! Meanwhile, dramatic changes have been observed in the Arctic during the past few thousand years, which are expressed as temperature ...[Read more]
Yesterday we waved goodbye to our last ice station, the eighth in the row of ice floes visited during our cruise. Working on the ice, as well as onboard Polarstern, we’ve been struck by all the types of creative solutions for reaching the goals of our measurements. Not only the instruments ...[Read more]
This Tuesday May 19th, the R/V Polarstern departed Bremerhaven port with 51 scientists from 11 countries who will investigate the effects for climate change in the Arctic Ocean. The cruise is called TRANSSIZ which stands for ‘Transitions in the Seasonal Ice Zone’. Before actually taking off, ...[Read more]
