Recently, the 31st Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition began its work at Akademik Vernadsky Station. The team has replaced the members of the 30th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition and will spend a year at the station. The position of system administrator is held by Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute graduate Oleksandr Matsibura. This will be his second wintering at the station.
For the first time in the history of Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions, a polar explorer defended his scientific work directly from the Akademik Vernadsky station. This is Andrii Olefir, the first KPI scientist to complete his second master's degree in Antarctica.
On 16 May, VII International Antarctic Conference devoted to the 25th anniversary of Ukraine’s joining Agreement on Antarctic started its work in Scientific and technical library of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv polytechnic institute.
On May 15, VI-th International Antarctic Conference "Internationalization of Research in Antarctica – the path to spiritual unity of mankind" started in the Scientific and Technical Library of NTUU "KPI". The conference was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of academician V.I.
Antarctic station "Aсademician Vernadsky" was opened in February 1996, when the British Antarctic Society gave Ukraine the station "Faraday".
