On June 22, the Ukrainian Antarctic team celebrates the main informal international holiday of polar explorers – Midwinter, the middle of winter. The holiday, which was invented and “put into…
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From the threshold to Faraday bar. A new 3D tour of Akademik Vernadsky station
We offer a new virtual tour of Akademik Vernadsky station, created by the biologist of the National Antarctic Scientific Center Yuriy Shepeta, who has been in Antarctica as part of…
Antarctica as a point of strength. What was discussed at IX MAK and what decisions were adopted
The results of Antarctic research carried out in the scientific institutions of Ukraine and leading laboratories of scientific centers of sixteen countries of the world were presented at the IX…
Workshop of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources will be held in Kiev
From 13 to 16 May, a seminar on the development of scientific potential and deepening of the cooperation of Ukrainian scientists in the scientific directions of this international organization will…
A thaw, 12 Easter cakes and a master class on painting Easter eggs. How polar explorers celebrated Easter
Winterers at Vernadsky station have celebrated Easter. On the eve, the cook Bogdan Palamarchuk baked an Easter cake for each member of the team and prepared meat dishes and smoked…
The second round of the presidential elections in Ukraine. Voting at the Akademik Vernadsky station has finished
Voting in the second round of the presidential elections at Vernadsky special polling station has ended. Voting started at 8:00 local time (14:00 Kyiv time) and lasted about half an…
Women, Antarctic hryvnia and fully domestic outfit. The 24th UAE left for the Akademik Vernadsky station
The team of the 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) for the first time in 20 years included women, and the equipment of all polar explorers is at last exclusively made…
A copy of Tomos will be taken to Antarctica
On March 25, in the St. Michael’s Golden-domed Cathedral, the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Epiphanius, prayed for a happy journey of 12 Ukrainian polar explorers and a…
The most distant polling station. Akademik Vernadsky station is preparing for the election of the President of Ukraine
The Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station, located 15 000 km from Kyiv, is the most distant polling station in Ukraine. On March 31, 34 people will vote here – 11 participants…
Participants of the 24th UAE finished their training before dispatch to Antarctica
The participants of the next 24th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition completed a week-long training on the basis of the low-frequency observatory of the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy…