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
Polar 3
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Polar 3 was a Dornier 228 owned and operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute that was shot down south of Dakhla, Western Sahara by guerrillas of the Polisario Front on 24 February 1985.
Polar 2 in June 2008.