The Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera has arrived at the Antarctic base “Akademician Vernadsky”.
That’s according to the National Antarctic Research Center, Ukrinform reports.
This is the first arrival of the vessel to the Ukrainian base within the fourth Antarctic season, and several more are scheduled.
“On the way to the base, we managed to successfully evade all the cyclones, and even the ‘Drake’ was not too stormy this time, the maximum wave height was 3 to 4 meters,” noted Pavlo Panasiuk, the icebreaker’s captain.
As noted by the National Antarctic Research Center, the vessel delivered a technical team to the Vernadsky base to carry out urgent work on modernizing the facility, which had been launched before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
This season, the sewage system and lamps are to be replaced, while the site for meteorological research is to be expanded.
According to polar explorers, the ship is currently being unloaded, after which it will depart for the Chilean port of Punta Arenas to continue her Antarctic mission.