RV Polarstern — 2006/07

The ship RV Polarstern with penguins in front
RV Polarstern

News

Preliminary results of first CAML cruise

Thirty two weeks after RV Polarstern finished the CAML research cruise ANT XXIII/8 to the former Larsen A/B ice shelves twelve participants and two guests from six countries met from 18 - 21 September 2007 at the Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC (ICM), Barcelona, Spain.

 

Workshop report [PDF, 193 Kb]

 

Polarstern ANTXXIII/8 voyage reports

 

Weekly news releases ... and more

 

International Polar Year to be launched in Paris on 1st March 2007!
1 March 2007

The International Polar Year (IPY) was officially launched on 1 March in Paris. CAML is the lead Antarctic biodiversity project for IPY within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s 'Evolution and Biodiversity in Antarctica' project. As part of the IPY, CAML is coordinating biodiversity studies on over a dozen research vessels, plankton sampling on additional ships, and projects associated with sea-going tourists.

 

The first research vessel, the German 'Polarstern', has some exciting results.

Countries involved

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Cousteau ATS International Polar Year 2007-2008 SCAR MarBin CCAMLR SCAR COMNAP Census of Marine Life