POLARSTERN ANT-XXVI/4

R/V Polarstern Cruise ANT XXVI/4 (April 7, Punta Arenas - May 17, 2010, Bremerhaven) is all about the OCEANET project which is funded through a competitive procedure of the Leibniz Association by the German Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation. The project consortium consists of the main project proponents – Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences (IFM-GEOMAR) in Kiel and Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research in Leipzig – as well as the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the GKSS Institute for Coastal Research in Geesthacht. Major goals of the project are the development, testing, op-eration and evaluation of autonomous measurements platforms for the estimation of the exchange of matter and energy between ocean and atmosphere. OCEANET avails itself of the two annual transit cruises of R/V Polarstern which provides an excellent platform for the project. Chief Scientist of the cruise ANT XXVI/4 is Prof. Arne Körtzinger (IFM-GEOMAR).