site.btaBulgarian Naval Research Vessel Sets Course for Ushuaia

The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (NAVAL RSV 421) left the Argentinean port of Mar del Plata on Thursday, the Varna Naval Avademy announced on Facebook.

The next port of call on RSV 421 is Ushuaia, Argentina, where the first group from the 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic expedition will board the ship to cross the Drake Passage and open another Antarctic season at the Bulgarian polar base on Livingston Island.

RSV 421 is expected to reach Ushuaia on December 26.

In Mar del Plata, Lieutenant Commander Lucas Alejandro Acosta Salcedo of the Argentine Navy boarded RSV 421. He will assist the crew as an experienced navigator in polar waters.