The role of Antarctic overwintering teams and their significance for German polar research

• Published in: Polarforschung
• Main Authors: Franke, Steven, Eckstaller, Alfons, Heitland, Tim, Schaefer, Thomas, Asseng, Jölund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; Georg von Neumayer Station; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Research; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57583/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57583/1/polf-90-65-2022.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.d826f500-1735-49cb-8d40-1af4a61e3198

Germany has been operating permanently crewed research stations in Antarctica for more than 45 years. The opening of the Georg Forster Station (1976) and Georg von Neumayer Station (1981) initiated a period of continuous environmental monitoring that allowed both the former East Germany and West Ger...