1. International Workshop on Antarctic Permafrost and Soils November 14 to 18, Madison German Activities on Antarctic Permafrost and Soils Hans-W. Hubberten Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam

5. German activities related to permafrost and soils in the past Blume, Bölter & Chen, Barsch, Stäblein, Mäusbacher, and others Blume & Bölter GDR activities (Krüger, Tschochner) E.M.Pfeiffer and AWI Foto: H.-P. Blume

6. SCHIRMACHER OASIS Present and Future German Activities in Antarctic Permafrost and Soils KING GEORGE ISLAND

7. 1.Permafrost and active layer studies in Victoria Land, King George Island and Schirmacher Oasis? Italian - German Cooperation Active Layer characteristics across a latitudinal gradient in Victoria Land (Continental Antarctica) as indicator of functional processes in permafrost environments and ecosystems. *Cannone N. 1, Guglielmin M. 2, Wagner D. 3, Hubberten H.W. 3 1 Dept. Environmental Sciences, University Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy 2 Science Faculty, University Insubria, Varese, Italy 3 Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

9. 2. Permafrost, active layer and microbiological studies on Livingston Island in cooperation with Bulgarian Antarctic expedition 2005

10. Environmental sample 16S-rDNS 16S-rDNS sequences probe gene bank phylogeny PCR cloning sequencing analyses design FISH Full-cycle rRNA approach for Sequencing and Probing

11. Foto: G. Stoof (Molo) 3. Permafrost and soil studies in Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica Hamburg University (Eva Pfeiffer) AWI Potsdam (D. Wagner, H.-W. Hubberten)

12. Carbon and Nitrogen studies in Antarctic soils  Nitrogen and Carbon pools  N and C dynamics