Birefringence in the service of fashion. Together, a designer and an artist-director have created garments whose prints are inspired by the colours and patterns of sea ice when viewed through a microscope with a polarising filter. The result was presented at New York...
The MOSAiC expedition provided unique and unprecedented insights into natural processes in the Arctic over an entire year. Photo: Michael Gutsche Developed by an international team of scientists under the joint leadership of the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the...
AWI Director Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (left) and MOSAiC Expedition Leader Prof. Dr. Markus Rex accepted the Arctic Circle Award on behalf of AWI and MOSAiC at this year’s Arctic Circle meeting. Image: Lisa Grosfeld The Arctic is an incredibly complex system that...
The research icebreaker Polarstern in Arctic ice during the MOSAiC expedition. Photo: Lianna Nixon, AWI During the MOSAiC expedition, scientists from around the world studied the processes that take place in the Arctic over the course of a year – from the...
Probably the most famous photo of the MOSAiC expedition is on display in the exhibition from now on. Photographer Esther Horvath, who documented the expedition, received the World Press Photo Award 2020 for her work. Photo: Esther Horvath The Alfred Wegener...