The voyage is expected to take four months and the ship will take 40 days to reach Livingston Island
The first Bulgarian military research ship “Sv. Sv. “Kiril i Metodii” sailed from Varna bound for Antarctica today at 2 pm, the Bulgarian news agency VTA reports.
The journey is expected to take four months and the ship will take 40 days to reach Livingston Island. Professor Hristo Pibirev is the head of the 31st Bulgarian expedition to Antarctica.
BTA Daily News editor Konstantin Karayozov will be on board, covering the mission at the Bulgarian Antarctic base ‘St. Kliment Ohridski”.
Dozens of close friends and relatives and many residents of Varna gathered to see off the crew as the ship departed.
On deck, priests from the Diocese of Varna and Veliko Preslav blessed the ship, crew and scientists for the successful return from their mission. The ceremony was attended by the Commander of the Bulgarian Navy, Vice Admiral Kirill Mihailov and the Governor of Varna, Mario Smurkov.
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