site.btaScientists from 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition Deliver Provisions to Argentine Naval Base, Collect Granite Samples on Half Moon Island
Scientists from the 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition delivered provisions to the Argentine naval base and collected samples of granite on Half Moon Island on Tuesday.
RSV 421's commanding officer Captain Nikolay Danailov, RSV 421’s Senior Assistant Commander Radko Muevski, and Lieutenant Commander Lucas Alejandro Acosta Salcedo of the Argentine Navy, delivered provisions to the Argentine base, located on the Half Moon Island
“Our task today is to leave some provisions and water supplies for the next ones who will eventually visit and need to take shelter in it, explained Muevski. “This way we want to show our commitment to all Antarctic activities and at the same time help our friends from Argentina,” he added.
Cadets from the the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna also took part in the venture. Those include Chief Petty Officer Cadet Anna Stoyanova, Chief Petty Officer Cadet Georgi Georgiev, Chief Petty Officer Cadet Lyuboslav Lefterov and Chief Petty Officer Cadet Radoslav Radkov.
Geologist Kalin Naydenov and mountaineers Doichin Boyanov and Kiril Doskov managed to take geological samples from the area of the Half Moon Island.
"We managed to stop at two places where large outcrops were visible just under the ice. We took three samples from one place," Kalin Naydenov told about the mission. He pointed out that a sample was also taken from a hidden small beach. One of the samples was of granite (granodonite), the geologist specified.
/RY/
Additional
news.modal.image.header
news.modal.image.text
news.modal.download.header
news.modal.download.text
news.modal.header
news.modal.text