site.btaBulgarian Scientists from 32nd Antarctic Expedition Take Field Samples on Deception Island

On January 13, a team of Bulgarian scientists, including Prof. Eliza Uzunova (ichthyologist and hydrobiologist), Assoc. Prof. Lyubomir Kenderov (hydrobiologist), Prof. Ralitsa Sabeva (geologist), and Assoc. Prof. Raina Hristova (marine geologist), managed to collect samples of volcanic ash and pumice on Deception Island. Field samples of snow and ice were also collected, which will be examined in Bulgaria for the presence of microplastics.