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Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research -Library

Type: Library
Website: www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/library/
Contact name: Marcel Brannemann
Address: Haus D, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany
Telephone: +49-471-4831 1276
Fax: +49-471-4831 1919
Year of foundation: 1980
Activities: The Library of the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research is a special non-circulating library servicing the needs of its research scientists. AWI Library also hosts the Archive for German Polar Research. The library OPAC is accessible online via the internet.
Collections: The library's collection comprises about 46.000 Monographs und about 1,600 shelved meters of periodical volumes. Currently there are more than 300 serial titles, mostly in electronic form.
Notes:

AWI Library is a member of IAMSLIC, EURASLIC, PLC, DBV (German Libraries Association) and ASpB (German SLA)

The AWI Library provides scientists with resources in the fields of biology, chemistry, geology, geophysics, glaciology, meteorology and oceanography, with a specialised focus on polar research of the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

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Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung [Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research]

Type: Organisation
[Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research]
Website: www.awi.de/en
Address: Am Handelshafen 12 27570 Bremerhaven Germany
Telephone: +49 471 4831 0
Fax: +49 471 4831 1149
Year of foundation: 1980
Activities: The Alfred Wegener Institute carries out research in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as in the high and mid latitude oceans. The institute coordinates German polar research and makes available to national and international science important infrastructure, e.g. the research icebreaker “Polarstern” and research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Collections: Friedrich Hustedt Diatom Collection
Publications: Reports on Polar and Marine Research (ISSN 1866-3192) Polarforschung (ISSN 0032-2490) Helgoland Marine Research (ISSN 1438-387X)

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Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) [Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research]

Type: Organisation
[Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research]
Website: www.awi.de
Address: Am Handelshafen 12, D-27570 Bremerhaven
Telephone: +49-471-4831-0
Fax: +49-471-4831-1149
Year of foundation: 1980
Activities: The Alfred Wegener Institute carries out research in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as in the high and mid latitude oceans. The institute coordinates German polar research and makes available to national and international science important infrastructure, e.g. the research icebreaker “Polarstern” and research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic.
Collections: Friedrich Hustedt Diatom Study Centre Collection
Publications: Berichte zur Polarforschung / Reports on Polar Research ; Polarforschung ; Helgoland Marine Research

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Arctic Technology Laboratories (ARCTECLAB)

Type: Organisation
Website: www.arcteclab.de

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Bundesamt fur Seeschiffahrt und Hydrographie [Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency]

Type: Organisation
[Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency]
Website: www.bsh.de
Address: Postfach 301220, D-20305 Hamburg
Telephone: +49-40-3190-3290
Fax: +49-40-3190-5032
Activities: The German Ice Service is based here.
Publications: Eisbericht

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Deutsche Forschungsge-meinschafte [National Committee for Permafrost]

Type: Organisation
[National Committee for Permafrost]
Address: Kennedyallee 40, D-5300 Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1
Year of foundation: 1984

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SCAR National Committee]

Type: Organisation
[SCAR National Committee]
Address: Kennedyallee 40, D-53175 Bonn
Telephone: +49-228-885-1
Fax: +49-228-885-2777
Activities: National Member of SCAR.

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Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Polarforschung [German Society of Polar Research]

Type: Organisation
[German Society of Polar Research]
Address: c/o Alfred-Wegener-Institut fur Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI), Columbusstrasse, Postfach 120161, D-27568 Bremerhave
Activities: Holds regular meetings as well as international polar meetings every 2.5 years (18th, 1996). Working groups on geology and geophysics, glaciology, and ethnology of the polar regions. Archive of polar records. See also Archiv fur Polarforschung.
Publications: Polarforschung (1931-, 3pa)

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Deutscher Landesausschuss SCAR/IASC [German National Committee for SCAR/IASC]

Type: Organisation
[German National Committee for SCAR/IASC]
Address: Postfach 120161, D-27515 Bremerhaven
Telephone: +49-471-4831-152
Fax: +49-471-4831-102

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Deutsches Hydrographisches Institut [German Hydrographic Institute]

Type: Organisation
[German Hydrographic Institute]
Address: Bundesamt fur Seeschiffart und Hydrographie - Tauschstelle, Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78, Postfach 4, W-2000 Hamburg
Telephone: +49-40-31-90-31-90-0
Fax: +49-40-31-90-50-00
Publications: Bibliographie des Europaischen Nordmeeres und angrenzender Meeresgebiete; Deutsche Hydrographische Zeitschrift (1948-, 6pa); Hydrographischer Atlas der Gronland- und nordlichen Norwegischen See (1979-1987)

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Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA)

Type: Organisation
Website: www.hsva.de
Address: Department for Ice and Environmental Technology, Bramfelder Strasse 164, D-22305 Hamburg
Telephone: +49-69203-426
Fax: +49-69203-345

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Institut fur Angewandte Geodasie (IfAG)

Type: Organisation
Address: Richard-Strauss-Allee 11, D-60598 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49-69-6333-313
Fax: +49-69-6333-441
Year of foundation: 1952
Activities: National Antarctic mapping centre. Carries out geodetic, cartographic and photogrammetric research and survey work.
Publications: Topographic, thematic, satellite image and aerial photomaps of the Antarctic at various scales ranging from 1:5,000 to 1:6m.

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Institute für Geophysik

Type: Library
Website: http://earth.uni-muenster.de
Address: Corrensstr. 24, 48149 Münster, Germany
Telephone: +49-(0251) 833590
Fax: (0251) 838397
Notes:

The library was founded in 1928 and was a private library collecting polar and alpine literature. In 1959, the library was bought by the Geophysical Institute of the University of Münster/Germany, which is a centre of polar research in Germany. According to the number of books and periodicals the library is now the most important centre of polar and alpine literature in Germany.

The archives are included with the library of the Geophysical Institute.

DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION: Geosciences and Polar Regions.

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Kommission fur Glaziologie

Type: Organisation
Address: Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Marstallplatz 8, D-80539 Munchen
Telephone: +49-89-230-31-195
Fax: +49-89-230-31-100
Year of foundation: 1962
Activities: Monitors water balance components of the glaciated Vernagtbach basin; surveys selected Austrian and German glaciers; and collaborates in Arctic and Antarctic glaciological research.

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Museum fuer Voelkerkunde

Type: Museum
Address: Berlin
Collections: Very extensive holdings of Yup'ik Eskimo materials collected by Johan Adrian Jacobsen in southwest Alaska, 1882-83.

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Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg

Type: Museum
Address: Binderstrasse 14, D-2000 Hamburg 13
Year of foundation: 1879
Collections: Sizeable Arctic collections in which Siberia is particularly well-represented. Library
Publications: Mitteilungen (1971-, annual)

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Polarphilatelie e.V.

Type: Organisation
Address: c/o Kurt Behrensdorf, Neue Strasse 15, D-31275 Lehrte
Year of foundation: 1970
Activities: Study of postal and communications systems and arrangements in both Arctic and Antarctic regions. Study of stamps and postmarks relating to polar motifs and events.
Publications: Handbucher (annual or biennial); Mitteilungsblatt (4-5pa)

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Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde [State Museum of Ethnology]

Type: Museum
[State Museum of Ethnology]
Address: Abteilung fur Nordamerika und Polarlander, Maximilianstrasse 42, D-8000 Munchen 22
Telephone: +49-89-2285506
Fax: +49-89-224582
Year of foundation: 1868
Collections: The Department for North America and the Polar Lands maintains significant collections of polar interest, including artefacts for the Alaskan Eskimo collected by Cook (1776-80) and Krusenstern (1803-06); Chukchi (Wolf, 1880s); St. Lawrence Island (Geist); and Inuit sculptures (Lorne Balshine collection, ca 1970s)
Publications: Die Eskimo (Zerries and Rousselot, 1977); Kanuitpit (Rousselot, 1994)

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Universitat Bamberg

Type: Organisation
Website: www.uni-bamberg.de
Address: Geographisches Institut, Forschungsstelle fuer Geographie der Polarlander, Postfach 1549, Am Kranen 12, D-8600 Bamberg

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Universitat Kiel Institut fur Polarokologie (IPO) [Institute for Polar Ecology]

Type: Organisation
[Institute for Polar Ecology]
Website: www.uni-kiel.de/ipoe
Address: Wischhofstr. 1-3, Gebaude 12, D-24148 Kiel
Telephone: +49-431-600-1200
Fax: +49-431-600-1210
Year of foundation: 1982
Activities: Focal point for polar research activities at Kiel, consisting of marine and terrestrial sections, and engaged in both research and graduate and undergraduate teaching. The editorial office of Polar Biology is located here.
Publications: Mitteilungen zur Kieler Polarforschung (1986-, annual)

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Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Institut fur Geophysik

Type: Organisation
Address: Forschungsstelle fur Physikalische Glaziologie, Corrensstrasse 24, D-48149 Munster
Telephone: +49-251-83-3592
Fax: +49-251-83-8397
Year of foundation: 1980
Activities: Carries out basic research on the physical properties of snow and ice (including sea ice); field investigations, involving primarily the application of electro-magnetic reflection methods (radar) to derive the thickness and internal structure of glaciers and ice caps; and modelling of ice dynamics with an emphasis on shelf-ice processes. Maintains the Archiv fur Polarforschung of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Polarforschung.

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