Day 37: Nearing Uruguay Territorial Waters

The Bulgarian military research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (NAVAL RSV 421) is sailing at a speed of around 8.5 knots towards Mar del Plata in Argentina - her second intermediate stop on her journey to Antarctica. "The ship continues to sail, keeping a 220-degree course along the South American shores. We will soon move close to the territorial waters of Uruguay but without entering. After that we will continue past La Plata - the estuary where the Parana and Uruguay rivers meet before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean," Lieutenant Commander Radko Muevski, Executive Officer of the vessel, told BTA. BTA Photo/Konstantin Karagyozov