British Scientist Tests Antarctic Seawater for Pollutants

Nikolay Zabov, BTA special correspondent Emil Granicharov

Livingston Island,

29.01.2024 14:56

(BTA)

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British scientist Prof. Mark Irvine took seawater samples during the 32nd Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica while on board the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421). The scientist sailed to several destinations to fish krill with a net from a depth of 15 metres. The experiment's main objective was to estimate the level of sea pollution.

Lieutenant Commander Radko Muevski, RSV 421's Executive Officer, said that good weather would allow the mission to collect samples from three locations in the South Bay area and south of Hannah Point.

Bottom samples were also collected from six points in the Livingston Island water area by hydrobiologist Assoc. Prof. Lyubomir Kenderov and marine geologist Assoc. Prof. Raina Hristova, who were assisted by the RSV 421 crew.

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During the 32nd Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica, which started on November 8, 2023, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is publishing interviews with Antarctic researchers. The Bulgaria-Antarctica BTA's Log again provides coverage of the voyage of the Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii to Antarctica and back and its stay there, as it did during the 31st expedition between December 27, 2022 and May 2, 2023. Back then, only BTA had a correspondent, Daily News Editor Konstantin Karagyozov, who covered the 127-day expedition with text, video and photos during the entire voyage (including across the Atlantic in both directions) and throughout the stay in Antarctica. In June 2023, BTA published in Bulgarian and in English an issue of its LIK magazine "To Antarctica and Back under the Bulgarian Flag" dedicated to the historic expedition.

Again, all of BTA's information on the Bulgarian scientific research in Antarctica and the support provided by the Bulgarian naval research vessel, as well as on the other activities at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base, will be available to all media outlets in Bulgarian and in English on BTA's website in the Bulgaria - Antarctica: BTA's Log section.

BTA has a National Press Club on board the ship and is planning to open a National Press Club at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island.

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