Leben als Doktorand*in

Habt ihr euch jemals gefragt, wie es sich anfühlt, an so etwas Verrücktem wie einem naturwissenschaftlichen Doktortitel zu arbeiten? Oder wie man eigentlich in der Polarforschung landet? Hier geben wir euch ein paar persönliche Einblicke in unsere Arbeit.


Dies ist Post 1/3 in einer Reihe über unsere Erfahrungen und Aufgaben als ArcTrain-Doktoranden während der Forschungsfahrt M164 (GPF 19-1-105) im Sommer 2020 im subpolaren Nordatlantik. Hier geht es zu Teil 2/3 und hier zu Teil 3/3. Die Leinen sind los. Die Gangway wird angehoben. Das Forschungsschiff Meteor entfernt sich […]

Hin und zurück – Eine Forschungsfahrt während einer Pandemie


As an Early Career Scientist (ECS), conferences are essential to get to know new people, gain experience in presenting your research, and learn a lot about the current science in your research field and beyond. Here is the personal experience of Linda with online conferences. In early 2020, I made […]

Experiences with online conferences – from an Early Career Scientist ...


168 days, that’s the time, we, Linda and Luisa, two ArcTrain students from Bremen, spent on our greatest scientific adventure so far: the MOSAiC drift expedition. MOSAiC – The  Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate was a large, international research expedition. Frozen into the ice, the German […]

Two ArcTrainees – one big scientific question: A story about ...



The 7th Annual Meeting of ArcTrain was totally different from any ArcTrain meeting that has happened before, and still, many things were similar. The reason for the change was the same all over the world: the COVID-19 pandemic. The restrictions, as well as concerns to further spread the virus, forced […]

7th ArcTrain Annual Meeting – together in the distance


Five months after the official start for the third ArcTrain Germany cohort, it was time for our first group retreat. The 12 ArcTrain students of the third cohort, one associated student, two ArcTrain students from Canada currently on research visits in Germany, the three PhD representatives of the second cohort, […]

ArcTrain visits the Harz Mountains – First retreat of the ...


Note: This blog post was written by Marie-Michèle Ouellet-Bernier and Jade Falardeau Aklavik is located in the Mackenzie Delta, 2° North of the Arctic Circle. This community, of about 600 people, is part of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. To get there, we need to reach the town of Inuvik, a […]

Nordic adventure in Aklavik



The Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM) is known to be the flagship for the ocean sciences that takes place every two years in the United States. In 2020 the conference was held in San Diego, California, between February 16th and 21st. With more than 6300 participating scientists it is the largest conference within the ocean […]

ArcTrain at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020