site.btaSecond Group of Scientists, Researchers Arrive at Bulgarian Antarctic Base

The second group of scientists, researchers and scientific workers from the 32nd National Antarctic Expedition arrived with the Brazilian research ship Almirante Maximiano (H41) at the Bulgarian Antarctic base on Monday, said the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy on its official Facebook page.

During the Brazilian ship's brief stay in the Gulf region, a bilateral friendly visit was held between the crews of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) and H41.

Ten servicemen including two trainees from the Brazilian crew visited RSV 421, and a second boat with Brazilian sailors visited the Bulgarian Antarctic base.

RSV 421's commanding officer, Captain Nikolay Danailov, together with the commander of the Bulgarian Antarctic base Kamen Nedkov and cadets-interns made a friendly visit on board H41 with commander Jefferson Ramos Pineiro. The capabilities, tasks and history of the Brazilian ship, which was launched in 1974 and joined the Brazilian Navy in 2012, were studied.

With a crew of seventy servicemen, the Brazilian ship Almirante Maximiano has actively participated for more than ten years in the polar campaigns of the Republic of Brazil and carries out the Brazilian polar programme PROANTAR. Both crews expressed readiness to support each other's various scientific and logistical activities.

The two commanders exchanged general impressions of the current campaign and upcoming tasks. The commander of the Bulgarian Antarctic base, Kamen Nedkov, thanked the Brazilian Navy for the transportation of personnel from Punta Arenas, Chile.

Cadets from the the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy also got acquainted with the and capabilities of the Brazilian ship. The two sides actively discussed sending Bulgarian cadets within up to thirty days to conduct sailing practice on the Brazilian ship and vice versa.

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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.