Barneo is an annual Arctic research camp operated by the Russian Geographical Society. It has been set up on the pack ice near the geographic North Pole for a month each year from late March or early April since 2002. (Photo: Camp Barneo) What does it look like at the...
Polar bear on Arctic sea ice (Photo: AWI / Stefan Hendricks) The cause of the speed and severity of abrupt climate changes during the last cold period lies in the ocean. This is confirmed by a new study by AWI scientist Henrik Sadatzki, now published in Proceedings of...
The Greenlandic supply ship “Malik Arctica” was delivered to the shipping company Royal Arctic Line in 2017. The Danish-flagged ship was built at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. in Gdansk, Poland. (Photo: Royal Arctic Line) While there is no ice in the...
The “Polarstern” in the Weddell Sea. Use of the on-board headlights. Polar Star Expedition ANT-XXIX/6 from June 8 – August 12, 2013. The cruise was the first Antarctic winter expedition since 2006. (Photo: Stefan Hendricks) After a decade of...
