NASC has extended the deadline for abstract submission for the 12th International Antarctic Conference Antarctica at the cutting edge of planetary change until March 26, 2025. We invite researchers from…
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Exhibition on the British past and Ukrainian present of Akademik Vernadsky station
On March 20, 2025, an exclusive photo exhibition “Joint British-Ukrainian Antarctic history: a scientific station, an icebreaker and… an ancient library” will open in Kyiv and simultaneously in London. The…
Unique recording of killer whales made by Ukrainian polar explorers
Are you curious to hear how killer whales communicate? Our scientists present the sounds of these animals recorded by them for the first time. The audio mainly contains pulsed calls,…
How atmospheric rivers affect Antarctica: an article with our scientists again in Nature
They are born where it is warm, but they come to Antarctica. They produce heavy snowfall, yet they also cause melt of sea ice and coastal ice sheet areas, as…
The 30th Jubilee UAE set off for Antarctica
The 30th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition has started: today, March 8, 2025, its participants left Kyiv for the Akademik Vernadsky station. They will travel by bus to Poland, and then by…
"Our planet is changing at an alarming rate": Ukrainian and Peruvian scientists at the opening of a joint exhibition
A unique Ukrainian-Peruvian photo exhibition “Grilled Planet: Vulnerable Worlds of Antarctica and Amazonia” has launched in Kyiv. Its official opening took place on the evening of February 6, 2025, at…
For the first time in history: the RV Noosfera provides US marine Antarctic research
For the first time the Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera is conducting research in the Southern Ocean time under the contract with the US National Science Foundation. For several days now,…
Andrii Fedchuk, head of the NASC department, received a scholarship from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Our colleague received a scholarship from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Head of International Scientific & Technical Cooperation Department of the National Antarctic Scientific Center Andrii Fedchuk has…
Noosfera is already at Vernadsky
Yesterday, January 3, 2025, the flagship of the Ukrainian research fleet RV Noosfera arrived at our Akademik Vernadsky station. This is the first arrival of the vessel to Ukrainian station…
RV Noosfera arrived at Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station
Our RV Noosfera is already in Antarctica! Yesterday, December 29, 2024, the flagship of the Ukrainian research fleet arrived at its first destination – Arctowski Polish Antarctic station. It is…