Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2173-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| Highlight paper
| 
06 Jul 2020
Research article | Highlight paper |
| 06 Jul 2020
| 06 Jul 2020
The MOSAiC ice floe: sediment-laden survivor from the Siberian shelf
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Florent Birrien
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Frank Kauker
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Thomas Rackow
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Luisa von Albedyll
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Michael Angelopoulos
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
H. Jakob Belter
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Vladimir Bessonov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Ellen Damm
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Klaus Dethloff
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Jari Haapala
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Marine Research, P.O. Box 503,
00101 Helsinki, Finland
Christian Haas
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Carolynn Harris
Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Science, 6105 Fairchild
Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
Stefan Hendricks
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Jens Hoelemann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Mario Hoppmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Lars Kaleschke
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Michael Karcher
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Nikolai Kolabutin
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Ruibo Lei
Polar Research Institute of China, MNR Key Laboratory for Polar
Science, 451 Jinqiao Road, Pudong, Shanghai 200136, China
Josefine Lenz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, Alfred Wegener Institute
for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Anne Morgenstern
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Marcel Nicolaus
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Uwe Nixdorf
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Tomash Petrovsky
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Benjamin Rabe
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Lasse Rabenstein
Drift & Noise Polar Services, Stavendamm 17, 28195 Bremen, Germany
Markus Rex
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Robert Ricker
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Jan Rohde
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine
Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Egor Shimanchuk
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Suman Singha
German Aerospace Center, Remote Sensing Technology Institute, SAR
Signal Processing, Am Fallturm 9, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Vasily Smolyanitsky
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Vladimir Sokolov
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Tim Stanton
Naval Postgraduate School, Oceanography Department, 833 Dyer Road,
Building 232, Monterey, CA 93943, USA
Anna Timofeeva
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Ulitsa Beringa, 38, Saint
Petersburg, 199397, Russia
Michel Tsamados
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College
London, Dept. of Earth Science, 5 Gower Place, London WC1E 6BS, UK
Daniel Watkins
College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR, USA
Viewed
Total article views: 10,676 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 25 Feb 2020)
| HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8,176 | 2,364 | 136 | 10,676 | 523 | 209 | 218 |
- HTML: 8,176
- PDF: 2,364
- XML: 136
- Total: 10,676
- Supplement: 523
- BibTeX: 209
- EndNote: 218
Total article views: 7,913 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 06 Jul 2020)
| HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6,566 | 1,230 | 117 | 7,913 | 340 | 176 | 202 |
- HTML: 6,566
- PDF: 1,230
- XML: 117
- Total: 7,913
- Supplement: 340
- BibTeX: 176
- EndNote: 202
Total article views: 2,763 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Cumulative views and downloads
(calculated since 25 Feb 2020)
| HTML | XML | Total | Supplement | BibTeX | EndNote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,610 | 1,134 | 19 | 2,763 | 183 | 33 | 16 |
- HTML: 1,610
- PDF: 1,134
- XML: 19
- Total: 2,763
- Supplement: 183
- BibTeX: 33
- EndNote: 16
Viewed (geographical distribution)
Total article views: 10,676 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 9,373 with geography defined
and 1,303 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 7,913 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 7,200 with geography defined
and 713 with unknown origin.
Total article views: 2,763 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
Thereof 2,173 with geography defined
and 590 with unknown origin.
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Country | # | Views | % |
|---|
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
| Total: | 0 |
| HTML: | 0 |
| PDF: | 0 |
| XML: | 0 |
- 1
1
Latest update: 17 Nov 2025
Short summary
In October 2019 the research vessel Polarstern was moored to an ice floe in order to travel with it on the 1-year-long MOSAiC journey through the Arctic. Here we provide historical context of the floe's evolution and initial state for upcoming studies. We show that the ice encountered on site was exceptionally thin and was formed on the shallow Siberian shelf. The analyses presented provide the initial state for the analysis and interpretation of upcoming biogeochemical and ecological studies.
In October 2019 the research vessel Polarstern was moored to an ice floe in order to travel with...
