The Polarstern with a maximum displacement of 17.300 tons is a double-hulled icebreaker operational at temperatures as low as –50°C, which would enable her to over winter in the ice sheets of ...

The Polarstern icebreaker drifts with the ice close to the North Pole. It follows the footsteps of Fridtjof Nansen's expedition with his wooden sailing ship Fram in 1893-1896.

TKMS has announced the signing of a contract with Singapore's DSTA for the acquisition of two additional Type 218SG ...

In September 2019, the German research vessel Polarstern will depart for the Arctic to drift with the sea ice for a year. 600 scientists from 17 nations on board will study the dwindling, ...

Researchers unload scientific instruments from the Polarstern and put them on sleds for delivery to Met City, located about 600 meters from the ship. Esther Horvath After setting up a tent as a ...

team froze the German Icebreaker R/V Polarstern into the sea ice for a year. For a year, the team drifts with an ice floe and strives to understand the Arctic climate system and its future. The ...

The order extension can be handled within existing capacities in Germany, despite high capacity utilization until the 2040s ...

“Neumayer III,” as well as a fresh crew for the research icebreaker “Polarstern.” According to the Argentine foreign ministry release the authorization request for the icebreaker to access ...