The load of organic pollution in sediments in the German EEZ of the North Sea in 2014 is exemplary demonstrated here for the chlorinated hydrocarbon 1,1-Dichlor-2,2-bis-(p-chlorphenyl)ethan(pp-DDD). Pollutant concentrations were determined in sediment samples from the research cruises of Heincke 422 (n=9) and Atair 219 (n=13). The spatial distribution was estimated by cokriging with the sediment mud content as co-variable using the Geostatistical Analyst (ArcGIS).