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ANNUAL SCAR REPORT ON
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
1 JULY 2000 TO 30 JUNE 2002
AND PLANNED NEW PROGRAMMES

Germany 1 July 2000 - 30 June 2002

Member Country:   Germany

National SCAR Committee
Title

Deutscher Landesausschuss SCAR/IASC
(German National Committee for SCAR and IASC)
Address
Address

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Postfach 20 50 04
53170 Bonn - Bad Godesberg
Germany

Telephone (49) 228/885-2363
Fax (49) 228/885-2599
Name Address
Chairman/President Prof. Dr. Georg Kleinschmidt
Secretary

Representatives:
to SCAR
Permanent Delegate Prof. Dr. J. Thiede 1
Alternate Delegate Prof. Dr. Georg Kleinschmidt 2
to SCAR Working Groups
Biology Prof. Dr. Wolf Arntz 1
Geodesy and Geographic Information Dr. Jörn Sievers 3
Geology Prof. Dr. Hubert Miller 4
Glaciology

Prof. Dr. Heinz Miller (until 2001)
Dr. Hans Oerter (since 2002)

1
1
Human Biology and Medicine NN
Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere Dr. Roland Neuber 1a
Solid Earth Geophysics Dr. Detlef Damaske 5
Solar-Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research Dr. Christian Spiering 19

National Operating Agency
Title

Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Address

Postfach 12 01 61
27515 Bremerhaven
Germany

Tel: (49) 471/4831-1100
Fax: (49) 471/4831-1102
Director Prof. Dr. Jörn Thiede
COMNAP Representative Prof. Dr. H. Miller 1
SCALOP Representative Dr. H. Gernandt 1

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Wintering Stations
Name Location Coordinates
Neumayer Station

Ekström Ice Shelf/northeastern
Weddell Sea

 70°39'S/08°15'W
Summer-only Stations
Name Location Coordinates
Dallmann Laboratory

Annex Station to "Jubany" (Argentina)
King George Island

 62°14'S/58°40'W
GARS (German Antarctic Receiving Station) (temporary campaigns only) Annex to Station "General Bernado O'Higgins" (Chile) 63°19'S/57°54'W
Kohnen Station Amundsenisen/Dronning Maud Land 75°00'S/00°04'E
Currently not used:
Lillie Marleen Hut Mt. Dockery, Victoria Land 71°12'S/164°31'E
Gondwana Station Mt. Melbourne, Victoria Land 74°38'S/164°13'E

Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier Coordinates Parameters Recorded
Air Chemistry Observatory (at Neumayer Station) 70°39'S/08°15'W

atmospheric trace compounds like near surface and stratospheric ozone, PAH, black carbon, aerosols including analysis of their constituents;
Aitken nuclei, CO2, 13CO2, 14CO2, CH4, 85Kr, 7Be, 10Be, 210Pb, SF6, and other trace compounds in air and snow
Meteorological Obseervatory (at Neumayer Station) 70°39'S/08°15'W synoptic observations , radiation measurements, columnar aerosol concentrations, upper air soundings, receiving of current sattelite pictures (NOAA, DMSP)
Geophysical Observatory (at Neumayer Station) 70°39'S/08°15'W Earth magnetic field measurements, seismology, gravity measurements
Automatic Weather Stations
at O'Higgins Station, Chile: 63°19'S/57°54'W
PRARE Weather Station air temperature, pressure, humidity
Permanent GPS tracker
TURBO ROGUE
Permanent GPS tracker		 to receive data from NAVISTAR-GPS-satellites
to receive data from NAVISTAR-GPS-satellites
PRARE Ground Unit No. 3 tracking of satellite orbits (ERS 2)
Tide Gauge Sensor assembly observations of sea surface changes

Member Country : Germany

National Programmes/Projects by Working Group

Biology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Krill and Zooplankton Composition, diversity, biomass distribution, recruitment, demography, long-term variability, sea-ice interactions Antarctic Peninsula ongoing V. Siegel 6
Zooplankton, Krill

ANT XXVIII/5b
Bentho-pelagic
Coupling

Marguerite Bay
Antarctic Peninsula

 04+05/2000 U. Bathmann 1
Zooplankton ANT XXVIII/5b
Zooplankton
Physiology		 Marguerite Bay
Antarctic Peninsula		 04+05/2000 B. Meyer 1
Zooplankton

ANT XXVIII/5b
Distribution pattern,
Feeding ecology,
Reproductive strategy,
Pelago-benthic coupling.

 Marguerite Bay 04+05/2000 S. Schiel
B. Niehoff
S. Thatje
A. Cornils

1
1
1
1
Cephlapods Biology, distribution, taxonomy trophic relationships Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea ongoing U. Piatowski 18
Salps Biomass, long-term variability Antarctic Peninsula,
Scotia Sea		 ongoing V. Siegel 6
Fish stocks Assessment, trophic relationship Antarctic Peninsula,
S. Georgia		 ongoing H.-U. Kock 6
Benthos Response to disturbance Weddell Sea -2003 J. Gutt 1
Porifera Taxonomy, Zoogeography, phylogenetic studies Weddell Sea -2003 D. Janussen 23
Particle flux Export production scavenging of natural radionuclides Fe limitation and sources of iron S. Atlantic Antarctic Circumpolar Front ongoing

M. Rutgers
v.d. Loeff

 1
Phytoplankton Fe Experiment on phytoplankton growth & CO2 assimilation Antarctica
P olar Front Zone		 12/2000-
02/2001		 V. Smetacek 1
Ventfauna
(HYDROARC)		 Sampling of Ventfauna Bransfield Strait 2000-
2002		 K. Wallmann
H. Sahling		 11
Diatoms Development of diatom assemblages in time and space along the Polar Frontal Zone Bellingshausen Sea, Crozet Island 10/2000-
12/2001		 R. Crawford 1
Bacterioplankton Structure and abundance of ogliotrophic bacteria in South Polar Seas Antarctic Peninsula, Scotia Sea, S. Sandwich Isands 06/2001-
ongoing		 T.L.Tan 1
Lichens, bryophytes Biodiversity and ecophysiology Granite Harbour, S. Victoria Land 2000/2001 B. Schroeter 13
Lichens Climate change & terrestrial ecosystems Livingston Island
S.Shetland Islands		 2000/2001 B. Schroeter 13
Bryozoans Ecology and Phylogeny of Antarctic & Arctic bryozoans NE Greenland Sea, Belgica Bank, Antarctica 08/2000-08/2001 P. Schäfer 14
Elephant Seals Satellite tracking King George Island March 2000
April 2001		 J. Plötz 1
Oceanites oceanicus
Catharacta spec.
Macronectes giganteus, Phygoscelis adeliae		 Breeding and feeding ecology behaviour near Dallmann Lab. (King George Island) 2000/01(S) H.-U. Peter
M. Ritz
C. Büßer
S. Hahn
S. Pfeiffer
K. Schuster

16
16
16
16
16
17
Deschampsia Antarctica, Catharacta spec. Distribution, feeding ecology near Great Wall & Bellinghausen Stations (King George Island) 2000/01(S) H.-U. Peter et al 16
Macronectes Giganteus, Catharacta spec. Phygoscelis antarctica Behavioural ecology Penguin Island 2000(S) S. Pfeiffer
E. Lindner
K.Schuster		 16
16
17
Parasites in fish
(ANT VXII/3)		 Analysis and evaluation Antarctica ongoing H. Mehlhorn 21
Fish eggs Studies on spermatozoa Antarctica 11/01-02/02 R. Riehl 21

Geodesy and Geographic Information
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Geodetic Observatory at GARS O'Higgins Determination of geodetic reference systems in the S. hemisphere Top of Antarctic Peninsula 09/10/2000 + 01/02/2001 W. Schlüter 3b
KGIS: King George ISlands GIS Data aquisition for SCAR-WGGI project, cartographic field work King George Island 02/2001 H. Goßmann 12

Vertical Crustal
Deformation

 Repeated GPS observations & further geodetic measurements Schirmacher Oasis/Central Dronning MAud Land 12/00-02/01 R. Dietrich 22

Geology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Particle flux and asteroid impact Sedimentology, physical properties, paleoceanography SE Pacific ongoing G. Kuhn 1
Particle flux Natural radioactivity paleoproductivity reproduction S Atlantic ongoing M. Rutgers
v.d. Loeff		 1
Asteroid impact Documentation and reconstruction of the late Pliocene Eltanin impact Bellingshausen Sea ongoing R. Gersonde 1
Pleistocene Southern Ocean Paleoenvironment Reconstruction of sea surface temperatures and sea ice distribution on time slices (LGM, MIS 5.5) = high & ultra-high time resolution series (ODP Leg 177 core mat.) Atlantic sector of S. Ocean ongoing A. Abelmann
R. Gersonde		 1
1
Cenozoic diatom biostratigraphy
(ODP Leg 177)		 revision & establishment of southern high latitude diatom biostratigraphic zonations (Eocene-Pleistocene) Atlantic sector of S Ocean ongoing R. Gersonde 1
Crystalline basement Structural geology, petrology, geo-chronology Heimefront-fjella 2000/01

J. Jacobs
W. Bauer

 8
9
Paleogene radiolarian biostratigraphy (ODP L 177) Revision and establishment of Paleogene southern-high latitute radiolarian bio-stratigraphic zonation Atlantic sector of Southern Ocean ongoing A. Abelmann 1
Paleoclimate, Glacial history, Sedimentology Facies analyses, clay minerals, heavy minerals, bulk sediment composition ( cores CIROS, MSSTS, DVDP, CRP) McMurdo sound -12/2001 W. Ehrmann
D. Fütterer		 10
1
Hydrothermal fluids
(HYDROARC)		 Sampling and chemical analysis of hydrothermal fluids Bransfield Strait 2000-2002 K. Wallmann
A. Dählmann		 11
Cenozoic volcanism Geochemistry, age and structures Both sides of Bransfield Strait 1999-2002 H. Miller 4
Structural geology Margin of craton; reconstruction of Gondwana and Rodinia Victoria Land to George V Land 1999-2002 G. Kleinschmidt 2
Volcanism

Dyke swarms
Structures and geochemistry

 S Shetland Islands 2000-2004 H. Miller 4
Thermochronology (fission track analysis) Denudation history long-term landscape evolution N Victoria Land
George V Land		 2000/2001 F. Lisker 8
Paleonotology Upper Cretaceous Ammonites James Ross Basin ongoing P. Bengtson 15
Paleonotology Lower Cretaceous Ammonites Livingston Island ongoing P. Bengtson 15
Paleonotology Upper Cretaceous Ostracodes James Ross Basin 2000-2002

P. Bengtson
J. Seeling

15
15
Climatic and environmental history

Paleolimnology,
paleoclimatology,
paleoglaciology

 Windmill Islands ongoing M. Melles 10

Glaciology
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Atmosphere-firn transfer of aerosols Aerosol and snow sampling Dronning Maud Land (DML, 75°S0°W) 01-02/2001 R. Weller 1
Ice cores Climate history Berkner ISalnd 1995-2000

H. Oerter
D. Wagenbach

1
26
Firn cores Stable isotope studies, time series Dronning Maud Land 1998-2000 W. Graf 27
Firn cores Chemistry, stable isotopes acumulation Dronning Maud Land 1998-2001 H. Oerter 1
Aerosol sampling firn cores Air/firn transfer dating methods Dronning Maud Land 1998-2001 D. Wagenbach 26
Radio echo sounding Physical roperties accumulation Dronning Maud Land 1998-2001 U. Nidorf 1
Deep ice cores
(EPICA)		 Climate history, physical properties Dronning Maud Land 2001-2003 H. Miller 1
Deep ice cores
(EPICA)		 Climate history, physical properties Dome Concordia 1996-2003 H. Miller
S. Kipfstuhl		 1
1

Human Biology and Medicine
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
None

Physics and Chemistry of the Atmosphere
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Reactive trace gases Denuder sampling chemical analysis Neumayer Station 12/00-02/01 R.Weller 1
Mercury budget in Antarctica

Tropospheric Hg0 measurements

 Neumayer Station 12/00-02/01 R. Ebinghaus 20
Columnar Aerosol in Antarctica Sun photometer Neumayer Station 07/00-06/02 A. Herber 1

Solid Earth Geophysics
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Plate-tectonic dynamics along Antarctic margin Geophysics of continental rise segments Bellingshaysen Sea 02-04/2001 K. Gohl 1

Solar Terrestrial and Astrophysical Research
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal Investigator Address
Neutrino Astrophysics Neutrino detection with the Amanda Neutrino telescope Amundsen-Scott Station ongoing C. Spiering 19