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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…
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…
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…
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…
