Participants of the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition found an ice cave with several lakes and a river on the outskirts of Akademik Vernadsky station. “Scientists from first Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions…
Year: 2019
Evgen Dykyi was elected director of the National Antarctic Scientific Center
Today, August 8, 2019, election of a director was held at the National Antarctic Scientific Center. As a result of the vote, Evgen Dykyi was elected Director – 23 scientists…
The next issue of the Ukrainian Antarctic Journal has been released. UAJ website has been updated
A new issue of the science edition Ukrainian Antarctic Journal No 1 (17), 2018. In 15 articles of the new issue, the results of fundamental and applied research, relevant scientific…
Who will throw the whale vertebra farthest, catch the largest fish and swim in the icy water? Polar explorers celebrate Midwinter
On June 22, the Ukrainian Antarctic team celebrates the main informal international holiday of polar explorers – Midwinter, the middle of winter. The holiday, which was invented and “put into…
From the threshold to Faraday bar. A new 3D tour of Akademik Vernadsky station
We offer a new virtual tour of Akademik Vernadsky station, created by the biologist of the National Antarctic Scientific Center Yuriy Shepeta, who has been in Antarctica as part of…
Antarctica as a point of strength. What was discussed at IX MAK and what decisions were adopted
The results of Antarctic research carried out in the scientific institutions of Ukraine and leading laboratories of scientific centers of sixteen countries of the world were presented at the IX…
Workshop of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources will be held in Kiev
From 13 to 16 May, a seminar on the development of scientific potential and deepening of the cooperation of Ukrainian scientists in the scientific directions of this international organization will…
A thaw, 12 Easter cakes and a master class on painting Easter eggs. How polar explorers celebrated Easter
Winterers at Vernadsky station have celebrated Easter. On the eve, the cook Bogdan Palamarchuk baked an Easter cake for each member of the team and prepared meat dishes and smoked…
The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine. Voting at the Akademik Vernadsky station has finished
Voting in the second round of the presidential elections at Vernadsky special polling station has ended. Voting started at 8:00 local time (14:00 Kyiv time) and lasted about half an…
Women, Antarctic hryvnia and fully domestic outfit. The 24th UAE left for the Akademik Vernadsky station
The team of the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) for the first time in 20 years included women, and the equipment of all polar explorers is at last exclusively made…