Expedition ANT-XXIV/2

...an ideal gear to sample benthic fauna.

During ANTXXIV-2, 53 scientists are on board of RV Polarstern for the 2007-08 spring cruise to the Southern Ocean. Besides the scientific aim of this expedition, the first objective of... [more]

Hi, it´s me again, Nils. Here on Board of Polarstern I am responsible for the deep-sea camera, and when I am not busy taking pictures of the ocean floor, I film what is happening around me. And of course the most impressing thing... [more]

2.3 knots...2.0..1.9...1.2...0.0. A glance at the screen in the red saloon during tea reveals it quite unambiguously: we are still stuck in the thick packice near Neumayer Station. The courageous Polarstern moves forward and... [more]

What is a Triceratops doing in the ice? It is the logo on one of the containers aboard Polarstern, coming along with seven scientists from the Senckenberg Institute on an expedition!

The equipment which the Senckenbergians... [more]

The Antarctic summer shows its most beautiful side, the sun is shinihg out of a deep blue sky, and the water is glittering like a thousand diamonds. I walk up to the uppermost deck and enjoy the warmth of the sun for a little... [more]