| advertise add site services publishers database health videos | ![]() | about toolbar stats live show health store more stuff JOIN/LOGIN |
A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute | University of Michigan taubmaninstitute.org |
The Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research is a scientific organization located in Bremerhaven, Germany. The institute was founded in 1980 and is named after revolutionary meteorologist climatologist, and geologist Alfred Wegener. The Alfred Wegener Institute is a member of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft.
[edit] Structure of the instituteThe institute has four major departments:
[edit] Research facilitiesBesides its main site in Bremerhaven, the institute has research stations in Potsdam, Helgoland, Sylt, the Arctic and Antarctic, and a research vessel, the PFS Polarstern. [edit] Polar 3On 24 February 1985, the Polar 3, a research airplane of the institute of the type Dornier 228, was shot down by guerrillas of the Polisario Front over West Sahara. All three crew members died. Polar 3, together with unharmed Polar 2, was on its way back from Antarctica and had taken of in Dakar, Senegal, to reach Arrecife, Canary Islands.[1] [edit] External links
[edit] References
|
| ↑ top of page ↑ | about thumbshots |