In late 2020, I had the chance to accompany a team of oceanographers from the University Of Hamburg on the FS Meteor, one of Germany’s main research vessels, on a journey to the North Atlantic.
This 17-minute documentary explores the connection between ocean currents and our planets climate, shows how life feels like on a 4-week journey at sea as the scientist doing the hard work of measuring the effects of climate change.
Specifically, this cruise collected data about the overflows, the exchange of cold salty water on the sea floors, between the Artic and the Atlantic Ocean. This is part of the circulation system that affects the climate in Northern Europe.
This was a very special experience to me, learning about such a complex and interesting topic, interacting with the crew and living with the scientists on a ship for such a long time, finding friends and great moments.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped me on this long journey, from start to finish.
Produced by: 27 Kilometer Entertainment GmbH
Shot on: Canon EOS R5
Animation and Title Design: Moril Gnoyke
Color Grading: Andreas Teichert
Special Thanks for your all your help: Jan Oliver Eisermann, Rebecca Riggs, Malte Schlieker, Tim Hillmer, Annika Gebben, Tim Höddinghaus, Leo Beisert, Charlotta Mirbach, Clarissa Beckert, Thomas Muis
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Music (in order of appearance):
Martin Roth - “AN ANALOG GUY IN A DIGITAL WORLD"
2WEI - “THE OVERFLOW"
Grandbrothers- “FROM A DISTANCE"
2WEI - “FOUND BY THE FISHERMEN”
Martin Kohlstedt - “AMS”
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Additional Footage:
NASA Scientific Visualisation Studio
Artgrid.IO
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The M166 METEOR Cruise Science Team,
Hossein Mashayekh Poul, Chief Scientist
Bernhard Andreas Mayer, Senior Scientist
Alberto Elizalde Arellano, Scientist
Laura Schaffer, Scientist
Andreas Welsch, Technician
Jan Oliver Eisermann, PhD-Student
Marek Muchow, Head of CTD watch
Martin Stelzner, Meteorological technician DWD
Patrick Suter, Meteorologist DWD
CTD Watch: David Kilian Drewes, Ryan Mole, Johannes Benthaus, Raphael Pistor, Rebecca Riggs, Christine Kaufhold, Carolin Meier
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Thanks to
Institute of Oceanography, Universität Hamburg
Armin Koehl
Dagmar Hainbucher
Dharmesh Reddy
Frederike Benz
Johanna Baehr
Nuno Serra
Ryan North
Thomas Pohlmann
Thomas Wasilewski
Udo Huebner
Ulrich Druebbisch
The German Research Fleet Coordination Centre, Universität Hamburg,
Andrea Gerriets
Francisca Terrassa
Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie
Kerstin Jochumsen
Martin Moritz
Captain Detlef Korte and the whole METEOR crew
