Fourth Group of 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition Departs from Sofia

SOFIA, 26.01.2024
The fourth group of the 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition departed from Sofia Airport on Friday, said Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Chair and head of the expedition Christo Pimpirev.
The group includes Pimpirev; doctor Sevdalina Mihailova; geologists Docho Dochev and Lyubomir Metodiev, who will work on a paleontological project, Iglika Trifonova and Lyubov Kostova, who are a part of an educational project, and journalist Maria Cherneva.
Once they arrive in Buenos Aires, the group will split up. The geologists will continue to Santiago de Chile and Punta Arenas, from where they will fly to King George Island on a flight chartered by the Portuguese Antarctic Programme. King George Island is adjacent to Livingston Island where the Bulgarian Antarctic Station is located.
The rest of the group in Buenos Aires will be joined by Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Argentina Stoyan Mihailov, Admiral Boyan Mednikarov, head of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, and BTA Director General Kiril Valchev. They will fly to Rio Gallegos to catch a bus to Punta Arenas, where a flight chartered by the Portuguese Antarctic Programme will take them to King George Island.
All participants will cover the last leg of the route between King George and Livingston on board the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) which has been sailing around the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands since the beginning of the year.
BTA Photo/Minko Chernev