Press release by AWI

September 4, 2024

Photosynthesis in near darkness – Research team publishes new results of the MOSAiC project

October 17, 2022

Antje Boetius and Markus Rex accept Arctic Circle Prize

Alfred Wegener Institute and MOSAiC expedition receive award

February 18, 2022

Fish and squid found in the Central Arctic Ocean

Scientists detect unexpected species under the Arctic ice

February 8, 2022

Deep insights into the Arctic of tomorrow

Interdisciplinary results of MOSAiC drift published

June 24, 2021

Climate Change makes Arctic Ozone Loss Worse

Results of the MOSAiC expedition show: the expected recovery of the ozone layer may fail to happen anytime soon, if global warming is not slowed down

October 12, 2020

The grand finale to the expedition of a century

After 389 days, the largest Arctic research expedition of all time comes to a successful end in Bremerhaven

August 31, 2020

MOSAiC aerial campaign

First aerial survey flights in the Arctic since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

August 19, 2020

MOSAiC expedition reaches the North Pole

During the final leg of the expedition, the research vessel Polarstern reaches the northernmost point on the Earth

July 31, 2020

Time to Say Goodbye

The MOSAiC floe’s days are numbered, but Polarstern will continue the expedition further north

July 27, 2020

Sea-ice extent in the Arctic at a historical low

Especially low values off the Siberian coast, Northeast Passage ice-free since July

July 6, 2020

The latest findings on the MOSAiC floe

Scientific study describes the nursery of sea ice and provides the basis for future assessments of research data

June 18, 2020

Polarstern returns to the MOSAiC floe

After a month’s absence, on 17 June the German research icebreaker Polarstern rendezvoused with the MOSAiC floe at 82.2 ° North and 8.4 ° East, after having left it on 19 May 2020 to exchange personnel and bunker supplies near Svalbard.