Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
The Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research is located in Bremerhaven, Germany, and a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. It conducts research in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the high and mid latitude oceans. Additional research topics are: North Sea research, marine biological monitoring, and technical marine developments. The institute was founded in 1980 and is named after meteorologist, climatologist, and geologist Alfred Wegener.
RV Polarstern at MOSAiC expedition 2020 Photo: AWI, S. Hendricks
Building D resembles the stern of a ship.
Building E. The Harbour Tower on the right is directly in front of the Weser Tower.
Building G. AWI Campus Klußmannstraße
Bremerhaven is a city on the east bank of the Weser estuary in northern Germany. It forms an exclave of the city-state of Bremen. The River Geeste flows through the city before emptying into the Weser.
Bremerhaven in July 2013
Aerial view of Bremerhaven
City founder Johann Smidt
Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche [de] of the Evangelical Church of Bremen