Bulgarian scientists determine where RSV 421 will drop anchor to collect samples during 32nd Antarctic expedition

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A team of Bulgarian scientists, part of the 32nd Antarctic Expedition, are detecting depths and geographical coordinates, thus determining where the Bulgarian military research vessel Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodii (RSV 421) will drop anchor to collect samples with the probe and bottom sampler. The coordinates are being detected by Assoc. Prof. Lyubomir Kenderov (hydrobiologist) and Assoc. Prof. Raina Hristova (marine geologist), reported Bulgarian News Agency.

 

RSV 421's commanding officer Captain Nikolay Danailov, together with Kamen Nedkov, commander of the Bulgarian Antarctic Base (BAB), expedition member Elka Vassileva, geologist Kalin Naydenov, marine biologist Mark Irvine, Assoc. Prof. Kenderov Prof. Eliza Uzunova (ichthyologist and hydro biologist) and Assoc. Prof. Raina Hristova are planning the next points to be sampled.

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