Polar research is an interdisciplinary and multi-faceted field of research. Its diversity ranges from history to geology and geophysics to social sciences and education. This article provides insights into the different areas of German polar research. This was made possible by a seminar series, POLARSTUNDE, established in the summer of 2020 and organized by the German Society of Polar Research and the German National Committee of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS Germany).

The paper describes the development of a virtual reality environment of the British mining settlement Advent City on Svalbard based on historical and archaeological sources. In our paper we will discuss in detail the genesis of the 3D model as well as the virtual reality environment and afterwards discuss the benefit of such a digital world for disseminating the results of polar archaeological research to students and teachers at schools and universities and the interested public.