Carin Ashjian

The research...

The Polarstern research vessel returned to Bremerhaven, Germany, on 12 October after a yearlong drift across the Arctic DAVID HECKER/GETTY IMAGES

The largest...

Polarstern during the polar night in the Arctic. CREDIT Hannes Griesche, TROPOS

With the return...

Leg 5 group photo by L. Nixon

In September...

End of MOSAiC

The German...

Video Chat with Logistics Expert and Polar Bear Guard Laura Schmidt


MOSAiC: The Journey Lives On

Participants of the 2019-2020 MOSAiC Arctic research expedition reflect back on their epic journey.


No other vessel has travelled further north in winter than Germany's Polarstern.

A year-round Arctic expedition...