Ukraine has supported the French project Antarctique 2.0°C to study climate change and the impact of human activities on Antarctic ecosystems. In particular, Akademik Vernadsky station has received two researchers…
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An article about humpback whales with the participation of a Ukrainian female polar explorer was published in a prestigious scientific journal
For more than 3 years, a unique project for photo-identification of whales has been going on at Vernadsky station: each of these animals can be distinguished from the others by…
Modernization of Vernadsky continues - the first part of the engineering team went to the station
This season, large-scale modernization will continue at Akademik Vernadsky station: NASC began it 3 years ago, for the first time since the station was transferred to Ukraine from Britain in…
Total solar eclipse over Antarctica: Ukrainian polar explorers study a unique phenomenon
On Saturday, December 4, a total solar eclipse was observed directly over our Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky.station. This is a very rare natural phenomenon: the next one should be expected in…
RRS James Clark Ross became Noosphere and took on board the President of Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky inspected the state-funded research icebreaker, which will allow our scientists to return to the study of the World Ocean and significantly improve the logistics of the Ukrainian…
Mercury, tramadol, industrial chemicals and even caffeine: scientists presented the results of the analysis of the pollutants concentrations in the flora and fauna of Antarctica
Antarctica is the most remote region in the world. However, some global chemical pollutants of human origin have already reached even this area. The most dangerous are bio-accumulative and persistent…
South Africa is interested to study Antarctica together with Ukraine using capabilities of our new vessel
Scientists from South Africa are interested in conducting joint research of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean together with our scientists, in particular, using the capabilities of the new Ukrainian research…
HORIZON 2020 project is launched, in which NASC scientists together with colleagues from other countries will study the future climate of the Polar Regions
The first meeting of the project “Polar Regions in the Earth System: the Role of Local and Regional Polar Processes in Changing the Polar Climate and the Global Climate System”…
Giant animal from the 7th century: scientists identified the age of mysterious whale skeleton near “Vernadsky” station
Maybe you remember we wrote about the studies of the rests of the mysterious whale in Antarctica? We mean the whale, whose bones for many years laid in the Rasmussen…
Minimizing tourist impact on the Argentine Islands ecosystem, Antarctic Peninsula, using visitor site guidelines approach for Vernadsky station area
How to minimize the tourist impact on the Argentine islands area – one of the most visited sites in Antarctica, where Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station is located? This is…