Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
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| 2024 | AWI signed a memorandum of understanding with Antarctica New Zealand to foster cooperation between the two polar science organizations. |
| 2022 | The German Bundestag approved 2 million Euros for the contract award procedure to begin construction of Polarstern II, a new research icebreaker to succeed the original Polarstern. |
| September 2019 | The international Arctic expedition MOSAiC began, involving 442 scientists from 20 countries, with a budget of 140 million Euros and extensive media coverage. |
| 2013 | Research catamaran Mya was replaced by the conventional ship Mya II, marking a transition in the institute's marine research vessel fleet. |
| 2011 | The Alfred Wegener Institute acquired the Polar 6 aircraft with call sign C-GHGF. The German Federal Minister of Education and Research (BMBF) funded the purchase and equipping of the plane with a total of 9.78 million euros. |
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