Alfred Wegener Institute For Polar And Marine Research
The Alfred Wegener Institute 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 Ocean and the Antarctic and in the deep sea. 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.
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