site.btaNew Research Lab Opened at Bulgarian Antarctic Base

The building of the new research laboratory at the St Kliment Ohridski Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island was opened at a solemn ceremony. The ribbon of the completely finished building was cut by the head of the Bulgarian Antarctic Expeditions Prof. Christo Pimpirev, the Rector of Sofia University, Prof. Georgi Valchev and Flotilla Admiral Boyan Mednikarov (Ret). The event took place on Prof. Pimpirev's 72nd birthday in the presence of the participants of the 33rd Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition and guests from the Spanish Antarctic Base Juan Carlos I. During the ceremony, the icon of the Holy Mother of God and the Christ Child was presented as a gift from His Holiness Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Daniil.