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Bulgarians set sail for Antarctica

Thu, Nov 15 2001 13:00 CET

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Four members of the 10th Bulgarian Antarctic expedition left for Livingston Island on Friday. Antarctic Institute chairman Hristo Pimpirev, Yordan Yordanov, Andrei Kovachev and Dr. Valentin Andreev sailed aboard a Spanish naval ship. The remaining expedition members will be leaving in two weeks. During the expedition, the scientists will continue looking for Jurassic fossils and will work on a study of the human influence on the region's unique nature, Pimpirev said.

Bulgaria joined the Antarctic countries in 1978 when it signed the Antarctic Treaty. Along with 26 other countries, it has the right to a veto on any matters relating to the continent, which forms one tenth of the planet.

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