site.btaRSV 421 Sets Sail on Annual Antarctic Expedition, with Cadets among Those on Board
The Bulgarian naval research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) set sail for the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island from the Black Sea port of Varna on Wednesday, starting the 32nd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition.
Cadets of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Varna are participating in the voyage. Four of the cadets are members of the ship crew, which totals 34 servicepersons who will travel all the way to the icy continent and back. The four (three boys and a girl) are in their fourth year of studies at the Naval Academy. They have the habits and the skills necessary to contribute actively to the work of the crew, said the vessel's Commanding Officer Nikolay Danailov.
Another 28 cadets of the Naval Academy are also on board. They will travel only to Cartagena, Spain. After they carry out their task there, a Bulgarian Air Force plane will fly them home.
At the departure ceremony, Danailov said he is glad that the preparations for the expedition were carried out to their full extent and the crew is able to perform its tasks. He said: "We performed a number of sailing missions in the Black Sea with cadets on board. We will be working for the achievement of the national goal of building a new laboratory block for the Bulgarian polar scientists and expanding the horizon for scientific research beyond Livingston Island, to the South Shetland Islands. Our appetite continues to grow, and we are eyeing the Antarctic Peninsula."
/NZ/
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