site.btaBulgarian Naval Research Vessel RSV 421 Departs from Livingston Island

The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) departed from Emona Bay on Livingston Island at approximately 15:00 local time on February 16, BTA special correspondent Milena Ostrovska reported.

Just before departure, all passengers, participants of the 33rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition, boarded the vessel. It will transport them through the Drake Passage from Livingston Island to Comodoro Rivadavia. The equipment was secured, and passengers were briefed before the ship weighed anchor and started manoeuvring out of South Bay on Livingston Island. The voyage is currently proceeding as planned.

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.