site.btaBulgarian Naval Research Vessel Finishes Transportation of Polar Explorers

The transfer of Bulgarian, Spanish, Colombian and Ecuadorian polar explorers to King George Island was completed successfully, Commander Radko Muevski, the Commanding Officer of the Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421), told BTA. On Thursday and Friday, the RSV 421 sailed along the Livingston Island – Byers Peninsula – Greenwich Island – King George Island route.

Among the scientists stationed at the St Kliment Ohridski Bulgarian Antarctic Base who did fieldwork on Friday were seismologist Asst Prof Gergana Georgieva and physicist Vasil Gurev. Physicist Tsvetan Parov and geologist Assoc Prof Yordanka Donkova were at Perunika Glacier. The construction of a water supply pipeline from the base to the new laboratory building is underway.

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.