site.btaWorld's First Exhibition Ice Aquarium to Be Built in Plovdiv

Two species of living polar fish from Antarctica will become part of an exhibition at the Regional Natural History Museum of Plovdiv thanks to the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, the Museum Director Ognian Todorov said on Friday. The fish will be delivered with the second polar mission

The 31st Bulgarian Antarctic expedition is in its final stages of preparation, Prof. Christo Pimpirev, Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and leader of all Bulgarian Antarctic expeditions, said in an interview for BTA. The explorer specified that the scientist partaking in the mission have a number of goals once they reach the Polar region, including to research deposits of gold and other rare elements, and to deliver an extraordinary icefish with transparent blood