The journal Polarforschung (PolF) is published by the German Society for Polar Research (DGP) and the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). The multidisciplinary journal is devoted to contributions from all polar research disciplines, comprising scientific reviews, documentation of outreach and stakeholder activities, and news from the polar community.
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