site.btaRSV 421 Drops Anchor at Livingston Island
The naval research vessel Sv.Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) dropped anchor in the bay of Livingston Island at 11.30 am local time. Before setting course for the Bulgarian Antarctic Base St Kliment Ohridski, researchers on board the vessel took more samples from the bay at Deception Island.
Eliza Uzunova (ichtyologist and hydrobiologist), Lyubomirov Kenderov (hydrobiologist), Ralitsa Sabeva (geologist) and Rayna Hristova (marine geologist) managed to collect volcanic ash and pumice samples at Deception Island. They also collected snow and ice samples which will be tested in Bulgaria for the presence of microplastics.
The unloading of the equipment for the Spanish base continued until the evening. Afterwards RSV 421 set sail for Livingston Island, where the Bulgarian base is.
The next group of participants in the 32nd National Antarctic Expedition will depart from Sofia on January 26 and will include expedition head Hristo Pimpirev and another five members.
The third group left on January 7. At Punta Arenas, the group will be joined by Prof. Mark Irvine from the UK, who will work at the Bulgarian Base on a Silicones Europe project.
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During the 32nd Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica, which started on November 8, 2023, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is publishing interviews with Antarctic researchers. The Bulgaria-Antarctica BTA's Log again provides coverage of the voyage of the Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii to Antarctica and back and its stay there, as it did during the 31st expedition between December 27, 2022 and May 2, 2023. Back then, only BTA had a correspondent, Daily News Editor Konstantin Karagyozov, who covered the 127-day expedition with text, video and photos during the entire voyage (including across the Atlantic in both directions) and throughout the stay in Antarctica. In June 2023, BTA published in Bulgarian and in English an issue of its LIK magazine "To Antarctica and Back under the Bulgarian Flag" dedicated to the historic expedition.
All of BTA's information on the Bulgarian scientific research in Antarctica and the support provided by the Bulgarian naval research vessel, as well as on the other activities at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base, will be available to all media outlets in Bulgarian and in English on BTA's website in the Bulgaria - Antarctica: BTA's Log section.
BTA has a National Press Club on board the ship and is planning to open a National Press Club at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island.
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