Plastic expedition to Bear Island
Plastic debris is choking the ocean. Gate to the Arctic expedition sailed to Bear Island on 74 degrees north to collect, analyze and lay the foundation for future young Arctic Ambassadors.
Measuring buoy of the MOSAiC expedition resurfaced
On September 26, 2019, Marcel Nicolaus placed an ice buoy on an ice floe during the voyage of the “Polarstern” to the Central Arctic. Now this one has resurfaced.
New northernmost island discovered off Greenland
During a research expedition in northern Greenland, researchers surprisingly discovered a tiny island that is now considered the northernmost island on Earth.
Arctic Century Expedition set off from Murmansk
The multidisciplinary expedition will focus on the effects of climate change on the sensitive ecosystems in the little explored Russian Arctic.
Two expeditions to the Russian High Arctic
At the beginning of August, two expeditions will start to the Kara Sea up to Franz Josef Land and Severnaya Zemlya, with the aim, among others, to better understand climate change in the Arctic and to research plastic pollution.
MOSAiC data for all via virtual laboratory
A virtual research laboratory will make the huge amount of data collected during the MOSAiC expedition available to researchers and later also to citizen science projects.
Renewed search for the “Endurance”.
The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is planning an expedition to locate, survey and film the wreck of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary ship “Endurance”.
Climate Change makes Arctic Ozone Loss Worse
In spring 2020, the MOSAiC expedition recorded a record loss of ozone in the Arctic stratosphere. As evaluations now show, ozone depletion could intensify.
Power struggles in Antarctica
Is the Antarctic Treaty robust enough to stop China? In the treaty, more than 50 states agreed not to exploit Antarctica economically or militarily.
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – PART 5
The Polar Expeditions Classification Scheme (PECS) provides a contemporary characterization of polar travel by combining traditional and modern terminology into one label.
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – PART 4
The future has already begun. Some rely on the use of the wind as a driving force and thus forego pulling sleds under their own power.
POLAR POD to drift twice around Antarctica
POLAR POD is a giant tower with a draft of 80 meters that will drift twice around Antarctica.
Polar explorer Dixie Dansercoer dies on expedition
The well-known Belgian polar explorer and adventurer Dixie Dansercoer (58) died on Monday evening during an expedition in Greenland,
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – PART 3
The Norwegians seem to have been born into polar skiing. Time and again they have laid great and innovative landmarks at the poles.
Illustrated book – Expedition Arctic
The exclusive photo book on the MOSAiC expedition to the Arctic shows the researchers at work and impressions of this expedition in impressive pictures by Esther Horvath.
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – PART 2
After the conquest of the South Pole by Roald Amundsen on 14 December 1911, the first crossing of the continent became the focus of interest.
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – PART 1
While there have long been recognised classification systems in mountaineering, these are only rudimentary for sports ambitious ice journeys in polar regions.
CIRCUS ANTARCTICA – 5-part series on PolarJournal
Christoph Höbenreich shows in the 5-part series CIRCUS ANTARCTICA how the sports-oriented expedition at and around the South Pole has developed since its “conquest” in 1911.
Sea ice app: New tool for polar researchers
Technicians and IT experts from the Alfred Wegener Institute developed an app that makes working on the sea ice much easier for polar researchers. It passed the acid test during the MOSAiC expedition.
TV tip: Antarctica – The frozen time
Television channel ARTE shows online and on its TV channel an exciting and above all intimate side of a hardly visited region of Antarctica.
Polarstern expedition investigates iceberg A74
A huge iceberg broke off from the Antarctic ice sheet about two weeks ago. Photographs taken from the seafloor show an astonishing diversity of life.
40th Indian Antarctic Expedition launched
India’s National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCPOR) has launched its 40th Antarctic expedition. The icebreaker started from Goa and is expected to arrive in Antarctica in 40 days.
Drift ice stations are Russian tradition
The self-propelled polar platform “Severny Polyus” was launched in St. Petersburg on Friday, December 18, 2020.
Largest sailing ship “Sedov” in Murmansk
The world’s largest sailing ship, the “Sedov”, currently sits in Murmansk. The ship took off from Vladivostok for a trans-Arctic expedition.
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