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…
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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…
RV Noosfera begins its fourth - the most international Antarctic season
On the evening of December 12, the flagship of the Ukrainian research fleet, the RV Noosfera, left Cape Town (South Africa) for Antarctica. This is already its fourth Antarctic season…
Marine Bacteria for Humanity: Project to Cultivate Beneficial Antarctic Bacteria Launches
Ukrainian scientists will search for beneficial compounds in Antarctic marine bacteria in order to use them for the needs of humanity in the future. These studies will be carried out…
Training of candidates for the 30th UAE has been completed
Future polar explorers of the 30th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition completed a training and practical training session in Kyiv. It lasted 19-26 November, 2024, at the National Ecological and Naturalistic Center…