Keywords: The Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Flux Study (ASOF) ; Benguela Environment Fisheries Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) ; Climate Variability and Predictability Project (CLIVAR/marin-2) ; Carbonate Mound Formation at the European Margin (ECOMOUND) ; (Integrated) Ocean Drilling Program (IODP/ODP) ; Kurile Okhotsk Sea Marine Experiment (KOMEX) ; Laptev Sea System: Cooperation in the Siberian Arctic ; Mangrove Dynamics and Management (MADAM) ; Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Sciences (OSL) ; Marine Sediment Analysis Program (PALEOSTUDIES) ; Master's Program for Applied Polar and Marine Sciences (POMOR) ; DFG-Research Center Ocean Margins (RCOM) ; Siberian River Run Off (SIRRO) ; Sonderforschungsbereich 460: Dynamics of Thermohaline Circulation Variability ; Sonderforschungsbereich 512: Cyclones and the North Atlantic Climate System ; Kiel