The Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera continues its third Antarctic season. Today, March 15, 2024, the icebreaker departed from the port of Punta Arenas (Chile) to Akademik Vernadsky station. Our flagship…
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The most women in the last 27 years — the 29th UAE goes to Antarctica
The 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition left for Akademik Vernadsky station. The departure took place today, March 11, 2024, from Kyiv. This team must replace the winterers from the 28th UAE,…
Ukrainian-Czech vegetation monitoring network has been established in Antarctica
Scientists from the National Antarctic Scientific Center, together with Czech colleagues, have initiated a new study of Antarctic vegetation. This is important because the health and the speed of growth…
Access to the polar infrastructure of other countries and additional support for the Ukrainian Antarctic program – POLARIN project has been started
Today, March 1, 2024, the EU Horizon Europe POLARIN project was officially launched, involving the National Antarctic Scientific Center and 49 other organizations from all over the world. These are…
Australia will help Ukrainian scientists to decode the genome of species found in Antarctic freshwater lakes
NASC scientists will be able to take advantage of opportunities of the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) and Our institution received a corresponding grant from the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund. …
A unique geomagnetic observatory is being modernized at Vernadskyi station
The study of changes in the Earth’s magnetic field is one of the main research activities at the Ukrainian Antarctic station Akademik Vernadsky. As you know, this field is formed…
Ukrainian scientists, in collaboration with foreign colleagues, have discovered the cause of local melting of glaciers in Antarctica
The reason for the very rapid melting of some glaciers in the Antarctic may be atypical hot core in the atmosphere, which is formed by the overlapping of two flows…
Noosfera is already operating in Antarctica: she has completed unloading at Arctowski and arrived at Vernadsky
The Ukrainian ice-class research vessel Noosfera reached the Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station. It happened tonight, December 11, 2023, Kyiv time. The ship has reached Vernadsky a bit earlier than…
NASC joins international study of the occurrence of silicones in the Antarctic
Ukrainian scientists will take part in a study of the possible occurrence of silicones in the Antarctic. This is stipulated by the cooperation agreement signed between the National Antarctic Scientific…
A sudden increase in chlorophyll in the ocean was discovered in Vernadsky station area
Ukrainian scientists at Vernadsky station discovered a sudden increase in chlorophyll content in the ocean in Galindez island area. So, in November 2023, at all monitoring research points (i.e. where…