The training of candidates for the 29th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition has been completed. The training took place for a week at the National Ecological and Naturalistic Center for Student Youth…
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Ukraine joins the international initiative to preserve the cryosphere
Ukraine supports the Paris Call on glaciers and poles and joins an important international initiative to preserve the cryosphere. This was stated by the director of the National Antarctic Scientific…
Russia and China have again blocked the creation of new marine protected areas in Antarctica: results of the 42nd CCAMLR meeting chaired by Ukraine
The 42nd meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has concluded in Australia. This event is very significant for us, because during 2023 and…
A corner of Antarctica has appeared in Zaporizhzhia - you can visit it until October 26
On September 28, the updated exhibition “Ukraine in Antarctica: Exploration and Invincibility” has opened in the Central City Library of Zaporizhzhia. It contains 27 collages with photos from the icy…
A new issue of UAJ with the results of Antarctic research has been released
Recently the next issue of the Ukrainian Antarctic Journal (UAJ), which contains 9 scientific articles on the study of the mysterious world of Antarctica has been published. The articled relate…
Access to other polar stations, ships, databases and attracting additional funds to the Antarctic program - NASC and 49 other polar organizations won the project in Horizon Europe
«Akademik Vernadsky» station and the RV «Noosphere» will join the international network of infrastructures for polar research, which will allow Ukraine to attract additional funds to the Antarctic program, and…
For the first time, Ukrainian scientists took samples of the skin and fat of killer whales in Antarctica
In June this year, biologists of the 28th UAE took skin and fat samples from three killer whales for the first time as part of Ukrainian Antarctic research. Later, in…
Research vessel Noosfera has successfully passed the SRU audit for compliance to three international documents
The research vessel Noosfera has successfully passed the audit of the Shipping Register of Ukraine. The SRU experts testified that the flagship of the Ukrainian research fleet is in excellent condition…
Consequences of Russian military aggression for the Ukrainian Antarctic program presented at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
Annually, representatives of the Contracting Parties to the Antarctic Treaty hold consultative meetings “for the purpose of exchanging information, consulting together on matters of common interest pertaining to Antarctica, and…
Despite the war, more than 100 scientists presented their scientific achievements at the 11th International Antarctic Conference
The results of leading Antarctic research and the impact of full-scale Russian aggression on Ukrainian science, including the development of the Antarctic community as a whole – these were the…