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Penguins are curious animals which accompany the research activities in the antarctic.

Penguins are curious animals which accompany the research activities in the antarctic.

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  • The icebreaker Polarstern A sonde for measuring ice thickness during operation from the research vessel Polarstern
  • The Polarstern The icebreaker Polarstern is unloading equipment in the vicinity of the Neumayer station
  • Ice thickness measures A sonde for measuring ice thickness during operation from the research vessel Polarstern
  • Polar 2, the research plane of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut
  • Polar 2, the research plane of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut
  • Penguins are curious animals which accompany the research activities in the antarctic.
  • Ice core drilling at the EPICA project
  • EPICA drilling site
  • Ice lab at the EPICA site for first analysis of the ice drilling cores
  • Location of the EPICA drilling sites
  • Ice complexes at the Lena delta
  • A mammoth skull
  • The French-German arctic research base is the largest station in Ny-Ålesund, a former coal mining settlement which is now exclusively devoted to international polar research.
  • The new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
  • Vizualisation of the new Neumayer III antarctic station

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