51st Polish Antarctic Expedition arrives at Arctowski Station aboard Ukrainian vessel Noosfera
Members of the 51st Polish Antarctic Expedition arrived at the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station on 28 October, sailing from Cape Town aboard the research vessel Noosfera. In a symbolic changing of the guard, Dariusz Puczko of the 50th expedition handed the station keys to Katarzyna Greń, who will lead the new crew through the coming year at the end of the world.
In brief
The 51st Polish Antarctic Expedition reached the Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station on 28 October after sailing from Cape Town aboard the Ukrainian research vessel Noosfera. Dariusz Puczko of the 50th expedition handed the Arctowski Station keys to Katarzyna Greń, who will lead the new crew through the coming year. Noosfera, the former British RRS James Clark Ross, has been operated since 2021 by Ukraine's National Antarctic Scientific Center. The Arctowski Station on King George Island has operated continuously since 1977.
Handover on King George Island
The arrival day brought welcomes, farewells and emotion as the 50th expedition formally handed the station over to the new team. Some of its members began the journey home, while others remain on site to complete their research and tasks. Alongside the ceremony came heavy logistics: containers and pallets of supplies and equipment for the coming season were unloaded from the ship.
Noosfera, which carried the new expedition south, is a Ukrainian research vessel, the former British RRS James Clark Ross, operated since 2021 by Ukraine's National Antarctic Scientific Center. The Arctowski Station stands on the shore of Admiralty Bay on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands and has operated continuously since 1977, run by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. For the 51st expedition, a new year of research, observation and daily work begins in one of the most remote places where the Polish flag flies year-round.
Source: Gazeta Morska · Compiled by: Kamil Kusier
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