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Bulgarian Antarctic explorers are returning home

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The participants of the 32nd National Antarctic Expedition are returning on February 21, the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute has reported.

The group returning home includes the head of the expedition and director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute and the National Center for Polar Research - Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, as well as journalists Maria Cherneva (Bulgarian National Television) and Marina Velikova (Bulgarian National Radio).

According to the head of the researchers, Prof. Hristo Pimpirev, among the greatest achievements of the expedition, which worked in rather difficult conditions, is the nearly completed new scientific laboratory, for which 80 tons of materials were transported. The 12 scientific projects implemented under the National Program for Polar Research have also been completed.



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