site.btaMore Cargo Handling, Conference Call with Bulgaria

The day on RSV 421, the Bulgarian naval research ship which is part of the Bulgarian Antarctic expedition, Monday saw more cargo handling and a conference call with Bulgaria on use of the Pico GPS locator system. 

What was loaded on the ship from the coast was latched and secured, and there was the daily cleaning of the ship. 

Some empty fuel tanks were taken to the ship to be refilled and returned to the Bulgarian base on Livingston Island.

The crew also practiced using the first-aid kits.

They took the routine measurements of the depth and the sea bed relief.

The ship spent the night in Emona Cove, right off-shore from the Bulgarian base.

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.