Stories

July 7, 2020

The Crew of the Kapitan Dranitsyn

“My hat goes off to Captain Alexandr Erpulev for successfully navigating the icebreaker Kapitan Dranitsyn through the Arctic winter and virtually to the North Pole.” Stefan […]
June 26, 2020

The IcePod – Bonus Episode 4

In this bonus episode of the IcePod on the Targeted Observing Periods, the podcast team speaks with Thomas Jung, captain and structured mind behind YOPP and PPP.

June 26, 2020

DriftStories – 05: One hot strip of ice

How thick does sea ice have to be for aeroplanes to safely land on it? Questions like this confronted AWI sea-ice expert Christian Haas and his team when they began constructing a landing strip on the MOSAiC floe, in total darkness.

June 17, 2020

Four-and-a-half months braving the Arctic ice

Interview with Torsten Kanzow, oceanographer at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, and cruise leader of the 3rd leg of the MOSAiC expedition

June 5, 2020

DriftStories – 04: Glittering clouds below the ice

During the MOSAiC expedition AWI sea-ice physicist Christian Katlein made an exciting discovery: on a routine sweep under the MOSAiC floe with the AWI’s ROV, he observed a phenomenon previously only found in the Antarctic.