site.btaRSV 421 Commander Danailov: Distance Sailed More or Less Equal to Equator's Circumference

A total of 19,076 nautical miles [35,329 km] were sailed during the expedition, as this is more or less equal to the circumference of the equator, which is about 40,000 km," said the Commanding Officer of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421), Commander Nikolai Danailov, who reported to President Rumen Radev, Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov, Education Minister Sasho Penov, Chief of Defence, Admiral Emil Eftimov, Flotilla Admiral Prof. Boyan Mednikarov, and Commander of the Bulgarian Navy, Rear Admiral Kiril Mihaylov, for the tasks performed by the ship on its return from the voyage to Antarctica. BTA was the only media on board during the Commander's report.