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Antarctic Research

Information on the Antarctic

The Antartic is a vast region outside state control subject to a system of internal agreements. Its core document is the Antarctic Treaty of 1959. It is made up of 50 nations, among them Germany which…

Antarctica

Antarctic Research of the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources

The exploration of the Antarctic continent and its surrounding continental margins is necessary to understand the interactions of solid earth, oceans, glaciations, atmosphere, and biosphere. Since…

 Gondwana Station at Terra Nova Bay

GONDWANA Station in Terra Nova Bay and Lillie Marleen Hut  at Everett Range, northern Victoria Land

The German Gondwana Station (74°38' S, 164°13' E) is a non-permanent facility at Gerlache Inlet of Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, operated by the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources…

The Lillie Marleen Hut was erected during the first German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition (GANOVEX I) in 1979/80.

German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition and GEA – Geodynamic Evolution of East Antarctica

GANOVEX - German Antarctic North Victoria Land Expedition   Since 1979, the key targets of BGR’s activities in the Antarctic under the long-term GANOVEX programme (German Antarctic North Victoria…

Transantarctic Mountains

The Antarctic Research by the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI)

The Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) in Bremerhaven is a world-reknown leading polar and oceanic research facility.  Founded in 1980, the institute employs more than 1000 staff.  As the Helmholtz-Centre…

Alfred-Wegener-Institut/AWI

The German research icebreaker FS POLARSTERN

The German research icebreaker “Polarstern” (polar star) is the German polar research's most important tool and the Alfred-Wegener-Institute's flagship vessel. Without this ship, research at the…

FS POLARSTERN

German Antarctic Research Station NEUMAYER

Since 2009, the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) has been running one of the most modern polar research stations worldwide “at the southern-most German workplace” - Antarctic research station…

Inspection team at the Neumayer III station
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