Educational materials
Promoting Antarctic research and the work of Ukrainians on the icy continent is one of the important areas of the NASC’s work.
All materials are presented in Ukrainian only at present.
In this section, you will find various educational materials for schoolchildren, students, teachers, lecturers, and anyone interested in Antarctica, its unique nature, and research at the Vernadsky Research Station.
Video
Who lives in the Antarctic – penguins or polar bears? Why is it covered with ice? What professions do you need to master to work at the Akademik Vernadsky station? These and many other questions are answered in 6 short videos with the director of NASC Evgen Dykyi.
3 videos from Anzhelika Ganchuk, a meteorologist of the 27th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition, about weather and climate research on the icy continent.
On the air islands
Waiting for the sun
In the ice captivity
What traditions do we have at Vernadsky Station?
The traditions of our station are interesting, some of which date back to the British period, and some were started by Ukrainian polar explorers.
Whose sound?
Guess the sounds of Antarctic animals. Many of them will definitely surprise you, we promise!
Antarctica warns
A video about the impact of climate change and other threats on the Antarctic.
Interesting facts about sub-Antarctic penguins
Some impressive facts about sub-Antarctic penguins – the most massive neighbours of Ukrainian polar explorers.
Incredible Antarctica, by marine biologist Maria Pavlovska
Who works in Antarctica, by meteorologist Oksana Ivanyga
The Underwater World of Antarctica.by biologist Andrii Utevskyi
Microbes of extreme: who lives in icebergs and volcanoes, by marine biologist Maria Pavlovska
An interesting animal – a penguin. Marine biologist Maria Pavlovska
Practical exercises with microscope: how to see a bacterium from Antarctica, by Maria Pavlovska
Books and publications
Antarctica: six essays for those who want to know more
The first large-scale popular science publication in Ukrainian about Antarctica and the history of Ukraine in Antarctica, developed by experts in various fields of research in this region.
The book contains basic modern information about the sixth continent – its geography, geology, flora and fauna. Particular attention is paid to the history of Antarctic exploration, the protection of its amazing nature and, of course, to the Ukrainian Akademik Vernadsky station.
All the books are available for reading online, as well as downloading and printing, just like all the materials on the Storiya platform. Each story is supplemented with questions and exercises to improve the Ukrainian language.
To read the story on the platform, tap the image below.
Why don’t penguins make friends with polar bears?
In pursuit of a dream to Antarctica!
Tracking down an invisible enemy: Antarctica mission
Skua Yukhym and a Ukrainian polar explorer
Colourful Antarctica