It is summer in Ukraine now, it is hot and green, and in Antarctica, 15 thousand kilometers from us, it is winter, ice and snow, among which Ukrainian scientists live…
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Revival of the Ukrainian scientific fleet: funds allocated for an icebreaker for Antarctic expeditions and research of the World Ocean
The government has allocated funds for the purchase of research vessel – an icebreaker for Ukrainian Antarctic Expeditions. The relevant order on the redistribution of some state budget expenditures provided…
How Ukrainian Polar Explorers Celebrated Midwinter 2021
Several days ago, the 26th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition celebrated at Akademik Vernadsky station the main holiday of all polar explorers – Midwinter. This year the team had bad weather –…
The first design competition "Ukrainian face of Antarctica – the beginning" has started
Today, June 21, 2021, to celebrate Midwinter – the main holiday of polar explorers, the NASC together with experts from the Ukrainian Design Development Agency “Property Design” is launching a…
Antarctica warns that it is time for mankind to act – said Evgen Dykyi during the forum "Ukraine - 30. Ecology"
The climate changes that await our planet are already clearly visible in Antarctica, and humanity has no right to ignore this signal. This was stated by the director of the…
More than 100 scientists from different countries will discuss Antarctic research – X International Antarctic Conference started
Today, May 11, the jubilee X International Antarctic Conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the raising of the national Flag of Ukraine at Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station began.…
A year of work in Antarctica is behind: members of the 25th UAE are finally in Ukraine!
After a year of work at Akademik Vernadsky station, the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition got home. The team arrived at Boryspil Airport today, April 19, 2021. Along with them came…
The rotation is over: the 25th UAE went home, and the 26th took over the watch
The change of winterers of the 25th and 26th UAE, as well as the work of the 2021 season, has been completed at Akademik Vernadsky station. It is now late…
Ukrainian women biologists who explored the Southern ocean for 4 months return home with a catch
The current season of Ukrainian women biologists Karina Vyshnyakova and Iuliia Ivanchykova, who went to study the Southern Ocean on December 8, 2020, is finally over! They are taking home…
Akademik Vernadsky station has got unlimited Internet
Ukrainian polar explorers have finally got an unlimited Internet traffic. The 2.4 m diameter General Dynamics antenna was installed and launched at Akademik Vernadsky station today, on April 9, 2021.…