The Expedition PS92 of the Research Vessel POLARSTERN to the Arctic Ocean in 2015

• Main Author: Peeken, Ilka
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung; North Atlantic; Reports on Polar and Marine Research; Sea ice; Yermak plateau
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39592/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/39592/1/BzPM_694_2016.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46750; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.46750.d001

On May 19, 2015, the German research icebreaker Polarstern began a six-week expedition to the Arctic Ocean initiated by the “ART” team, which stands for “Arctic in Rapid Transition”. The expedition PS92 (ARK XXIX/1) “TRANSSIZ” (Transitions in the Arctic Seasonal Sea Ice Zone, Fig. 1.1) conducted eco...