Members Members Institutions of different fields in marine research founded the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM) on March 16th, 2004. View all Members Research Vessels POLARFUCHS The research boat POLARFUCHS is property of the Alfred-Wegener-Institute and initially served as the lab boat of the research icebreaker POLARSTERN. It was designed for operations near the parent ship under ice-free conditions. View all Research Vessels Strategy Groups Strategy Groups KDM Strategy Goups are dedicated to overarching marine scientific topics, in particular those with a high societal relevance View Strategy Groups Education ESSReS Earth System Sciences Research School The educational programme of the Research School is composed of three years training with special courses focussing on the common research field Earth System Sciences View Education