A large group of IMARES staff sails on board the German Research Icebreaker ‘Polarstern’ for investigations in the sea-ice areas of the Weddell Sea. The expedition sails from Cape Town (2 Dec 2014) to the German Neumayer Station (Christmas), through the centre of the Weddell Sea to Punta Arenas in Chile (1 Feb 2015).
Blog: Whales predict the catch of krill under sea ice
Under the last part of sea ice, the researchers of the Antarctic expedition were fishing on krill. The many whales made them suspect that there might be a lot of krill. And indeed, so much krill was caught that further research at home is now possible.view_Additional information
January 20, 2015
Blog: Researchers spotted whales during their way back north
The researchers on expedition to Antarctica return back North, because of a technical problem with one of Polarstern’s two propellers. Still there is room for research, such as ice fishing and counting birds, seals and whales.view_Additional information
January 8, 2015
Blog: Expedition plan Antarctica changed: Polarstern returns to dock
The researchers on expedition to Antarctica have a technical problem with one of Polarstern’s two propellers. This changes the expedition plan to Antarctica.view_Additional information
January 5, 2015
Blog: A difficult resupply for the Antarctic expedition
The researchers on expedition to Antarctica were on their way to the German polar base ‘Neumayer’, for resupply of foods and fuel for the coming year. However, in the Antarctic things are not always that easy. The bumps in the road to Neumayer require a bit of background on different shapes and names of ice.view_Additional information
December 24, 2014
Blog: White Christmas on Antarctica
Researchers of IMARES sail on board the German Research Icebreaker ‘Polarstern’ for investigations in the sea-ice areas of the Weddell Sea. Read about the first three weeks of the expedition in the blog of Jan Andries van Franeker.view_Additional information
Flores, H., Van Franeker, J.A., Van de Putte, A., Castellani, G., Schaafsma, F., Ehrlich, J., Vortkamp, M., Meijboom, A., Feij, B. & Van Dorssen, M. 2015. Sea ice ecology, pelagic food web and top predator studies. pp 102-126 in: Boebel, O. (Ed). The expedition PS89 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Weddell Sea in 2014/15. Reports on Polar Research 689.
