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Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Polar- und Meeresforschung
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The Alfred Wegener Institute is a foundation under public law. (Stiftung des öffentlichen Rechts) The AWI is a member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

Representatives

The Alfred Wegener Institute is legally represented by its Directorate:
Prof. Dr. Antje Boetius (Director)
Dr. Karsten Wurr (Administrative Director)

VAT identification number according to § 27a Umsatzsteuergesetz: DE 114707273

Editorial responsibility

Responsible for journalistic-editorial contents:
Sebastian Grote (Head of Communication and Media)

Copyright

The content of all web pages of this website is protected by copyright. All illustrations and images on the websites of the Alfred Wegener Institute may not be copied, reproduced or distributed without the permission of the AWI. A change of the meta data (IPTC data incl. naming of originator, source, copyright notice and terms of use) of the images is not permitted.

Rights of use

The Alfred Wegener Institute authorises the following private use of images on this website:

- copying the images to your private computer
- the printing of images for private archiving or decoration purposes
- the forwarding of the images to friends and family, together with reference to their origin, mention of the copyright notice and reference to the purely private use requirement.

The Alfred Wegener Institute authorises the following free use of images in the press section of this website for editorial journalistic publications under the following conditions:

- The images used illustrate contributions about the work of the Alfred Wegener Institute.
- The complete copyright notice is named as deposited in the metadata (IPTC data), i.e. in the form "Alfred-Wegener-Institute/Surname, first name" - the short form "AWI/Surname " may only be used if the full name of the institute is mentioned together with the abbreviation in the article.

Images under a Creative Commons license may be used according to the license used. 

In general, the Alfred Wegener Institute does not grant permission to use images on this website for the following purposes:

- Advertising, design of advertisements, commercials etc.
- Sale of products in which the focus is on images (T-shirts, coffee cups, large prints)
- Sale of digital copies of image data.

Liability notice

No liability is assumed for completeness, editorial and technical errors, topicality, omissions, etc. or the accuracy of the content, unless the author can be proven to have acted with intent or gross negligence.

 

 

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