Reconstruction of slips and renewal of water supply and grounding systems – important modernization works were carried out at Vermadsky station; they were started even before the full-scale war. They…
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RV Noosfera arrived at the port of Cape Town – her third Antarctic season has ended
The Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera has completed her third Antarctic season. Late in the evening of May 8, 2024, she docked at the port of Cape Town (South Africa). This…
Ukraine has joined an important international study of the Antarctic ice
The National Antarctic Science Center (NASC) joined the OCEAN:ICE project. OCEAN:ICE stands for “Ocean-Cryosphere Exchanges in Antarctica: Impacts on Climate and the Earth System” is a large Horizon Europe project,…
Ukrainian scientists have completed successfully sampling for the international study of the occurrence of silicones in the Antarctic
During last Antarctic season, namely in March-April 2024, NASC scientists took samples from different matrix in frame of a large international study of the possible occurrence of silicones in the…
The Ukrainian delegation took part in the meeting of the European Polar Board
NASC representatives joined the meeting of the European Polar Board is an independent organisation focused on major strategic priorities in the Arctic and Antarctic. EPB members include research institutions, logistics…
Ukrainian scientists will be able to participate in competitions to use the infrastructure of other countries in the Arctic and Antarctica - the first meeting of the POLARIN project
How will Ukrainian scientists gain access to the polar infrastructures of other countries and host foreign colleagues at Vernadsky and Noosfera within the framework of the POLARIN project? This was…
After a year of work in Antarctica, the 28th UAE came in Ukraine
The 28th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition returned home. Its participants arrived in Ukraine today, April 18, 2024. The winterers have overcome a long and difficult path. They were delivered from Ukrainian…
The sounds of rare whales were recorded from the RV Noosfera
Ukrainian scientists managed to meet rare whales and record their sounds. It is about Arnoux’s beaked whales – this is one of the least studied species of whales in the…
10 meters waves and wind speeds of more than 30 m per second: Noosfera overcome a restive Drake and reached Chile
The Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera made another Antarctic voyage this season. Today, April 13, 2024, our flagship docked in the port of Punta Arenas. The road from Akademik Vernadsky station…
Important geological research was carried out at RV Noosfera, which will tell about the planet's climate change over the last 20 thousand years
During the current voyage of Noosfera from Chile to Vernadsky station, Ukrainian scientists continued the geological research of the Southern Ocean, initiated in the first Antarctic season of the ship…