Participants of the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) returned to Ukraine after almost 13 months of work at Akademik Vernadsky station. They have arrived at Boryspil Airport today, May 17,…
Year: 2020
The cook of the 25th UAE Vasyl Omelianovych passed away
On May 8, 2020, the cook of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition Vasyl Omelianovych has died at Akademik Vernadsky station. The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the…
25 UAE has finally arrived at Akademik Vernadsky station
The participants of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition overcame the last leg of their journey to Antarctica and reached Akademik Vernadsky station. After six days on the ship, the team…
The 25th UAE departed from Chile to Antarctica. The journey will take at least 5 days
The 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) team has completed a two-week observation in Chile and on April 14, 2020 at 05:45 (Kyiv time) has departed from the Chilean port of…
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 25th UAE has returned to Kyiv. Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine are looking for ways to make rotation of expeditions
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the team of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition was unable to reach Antarctica and was forced to return to Kyiv in the evening of March…
The 25th UAE left for Antarctica. All members of the expedition will be maximally protected on the journey and at the station
Through the closure of international flights, the participants of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) had to leave earlier for Akademik Vernadsky station. The expedition departed from Kyiv on the…
The 25 UAE participants held a week-long training before leaving for Antarctica
Participants of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE), which will leave for Akademik Vernadsky station at the end of March 2020, conducted a week-long training at the low-frequency observatory of…
A subglacial lake was found in the vicinity of the station, the largest on the Galindez Island
Unknown subglacial lake was discovered near Akademik Vernadsky station by scientists Taras Bilyi and Denys Pishniak. The subglacial space allowed researchers to walk about 30 meters. The final scale of…
230 new articles, 36 participants – Antarctic Week results in Ukrainian Wikipedia
230 new “Antarctic” articles have appeared in Ukrainian Wikipedia, at least 30 articles have been improved; and all this huge amount of information was found, revised and posted by 36…
A Photo exhibition was opened in the Verkhovna Rada to celebrate the anniversary of Akademik Vernadsky station
Starting with February 6, 2020, the photo exhibition “Ukraine in Antarctica: the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the continent” will be exhibited in the Verkhovna Rada. It was on…