site.btaDay 1: Off to Bosphorus

The first Bulgarian military research/survey vessel (RSV) Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii set sail from Varna for Antarctica on Tuesday at 2 pm. The voyage is expected to last four months, and the vessel will take 40 days to reach Livingston Island. Prof. Christo Pimpirev is the leader of the 31st Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition. BTA’s Daily News editor Konstantin Karagyozov will be on board, reporting from aboard the ship, from the St. Kliment Ohridski Bulgarian Antarctic Base and on the way back.

The Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) has a press club on board the first Bulgarian military research/survey vessel (RSV) Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii, scheduled to sail from Varna to Antarctica after noon on December 27. BTA’s Daily News editor Konstantin will be on board

Konstantin was selected for this mission from a pool of candidates as an avid outdoorsman, a landscape photographer and an experienced journalist.

The first Bulgarian military research/survey vessel (RSV) Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii will sail from Varna for Antarctica on December 27, Prof. Christo Pimpirev, leader of the 31st Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition, said here on Wednesday.