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

• Published in: Polarforschung
• Main Authors: S. Franke, A. Eckstaller, T. Heitland, T. Schaefer, J. Asseng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German; English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: geo; Antarctic; Georg von Neumayer Station; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polarforschung
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/polf-90-65-2022; https://polf.copernicus.org/articles/90/65/2022/polf-90-65-2022.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/d9fef57872e24956b042ab66e3d5f800

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...