site.btaBulgarian Naval Research Vessel Transports Polar Explorers

The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) is sailing along the Livingston Island – Byers Peninsula – Greenwich Island – King George Island route to transfer polar explorers from the Bulgarian base St Kliment Ohridski, the Spanish base Juan Carlos I, and the Ecuadorian base Pedro Vicente Maldonado.

The RSV 421 departed from Varna on its third Antarctic expedition on November 7, 2024, and arrived at Livingston Island on December 28. The St Kliment Ohridski Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island opened for the new polar season on November 23, 2024.

BTA has a national press club on the vessel and at the Bulgarian Antarctic base. This is the third year in a row that BTA has sent a correspondent to Antarctica. This year's correspondent is Milena Ostrovska, who arrived at the base on January 17. Her reports can be accessed free in English at Bulgaria-Antarctica BTA's Log on BTA's website and can be used for free by all media with attribution to BTA.