site.btaBulgarian Antarctic Base Put Back Into Working Order

The Bulgarian Antarctic base of St. Kliment Ohridski on Livingston Island has been put back into working order after its depreservation process was completed by the first group of the 32nd National Antarctic Expedition, Prof. Christo Pimpirev, head of the expedition and Chairman of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute said on Friday. In a conversation via satellite telephone, Kamen Nedkov, commander of the base, told Pimpirev that power supply to all buildings has been restored. St. Kliment Ohridski is a summer-only active station.

Pimpirev informed it appears that the base suffered no serious damage caused by adverse weather conditions during the past winter period in which it was uninhabitable. All of the participants in the expedition are in good health after their long journey and are full of enthusiasm to implement their tasks, he added.

On the first group are Bulgarian Antarctic base commander Kamen Nedkov, Dr Atanas Peltekov, electrical engineer Rosen Stefanov, mechanics Konstantin Nedev and Vladimir Gigov, logisticians Damyan Paunov and Alexander Naydenov, boat guide Elka Vassileva, builder Marcho Paunov, cook Stanko Georgiev, hydrobiologist Eliza Uzunova, biologist Lyubomir Kenderov, marine geologist Raina Hristova, and engineers Peter Sapundzhiev and Vahan Petev.

The second group consists of geologist Kalin Naydenov, electrical engineer Krasimir Krastev, Marina Velikova, a musician working on an acoustic project, logistician Alexander Nedyalkov and Mount Everest conquerors Kiril Doskov and Assoc. Prof. Doychin Boyanov.

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During the 32nd Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica, which started on November 8, 2023, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) is publishing interviews with Antarctic researchers. The Bulgaria-Antarctica BTA's Log again provides coverage of the voyage of the Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii to Antarctica and back and its stay there, as it did during the 31st expedition between December 27, 2022 and May 2, 2023. Back then, only BTA had a correspondent, Daily News Editor Konstantin Karagyozov, who covered the 127-day expedition with text, video and photos during the entire voyage (including across the Atlantic in both directions) and throughout the stay in Antarctica. In June 2023, BTA published in Bulgarian and in English an issue of its LIK magazine "To Antarctica and Back under the Bulgarian Flag" dedicated to the historic expedition.

Again, all of BTA's information on the Bulgarian scientific research in Antarctica and the support provided by the Bulgarian naval research vessel, as well as on the other activities at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base, will be available to all media outlets in Bulgarian and in English on BTA's website in the Bulgaria - Antarctica: BTA's Log section.

BTA has a National Press Club on board the ship and is planning to open a National Press Club at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island.