With the return of the Russian research icebreaker “Akademik Treshnikov” to the port of Murmansk, Russia, another successful chapter in Russian-German collaborative Arctic research drew to a close. On
During the MOSAiC expedition, researchers from 19 countries will study the Arctic throughout an entire year, spending the winter in a region that is virtually inaccessible in the polar night. Alone th
The German Arctic Office , based at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), provided professional support in this regard. For several years now, the Office has engaged in an ongoing ‘ Arctic dialogue ’ wi
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In the Central Arctic, snowfall is comparatively rare. The snow
that does fall is often blown by the wind, chiefly accumulating
on the lee side of o
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Glittering clouds
below the ice
Generally speaking, it’s very easy to explain how Arctic sea ice becomes thicker. You
take an ocean, a
Since being launched in 2013, the information and data portal meereisportal.de has provided, for the first time, a central German-language source of scientific findings on the topic of sea ice for all
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