The ship “Admiral Vladimirsky” set sail on an expedition to the Antarctic – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, November 6 – RIA Novosti. oceanographic research vessel “Admiral Vladimirsky” Russian Navy sailed from Kronstadt on an expedition to Antarctica that is not held for more than 30 years, said Friday a representative of the press Service and Information of the Defense Ministry of the Navy Captain First Rank Igor Dygalo.

“For the first time in more than 30 years at the direction of Navy Commander Admiral Viktor Chirkov Kronstadt on an expedition to the coast of Antarctica has gone the OIC,” Admiral Vladimir ” . The ship will host more than 30 thousand nautical miles and return to Kronstadt, in April 2016, “- he said.

According to the Commander of the Navy, are cited in the report, members of the expedition will not only demonstrate the flag of St. Andrew off the coast of Antarctica but also to spend painstaking hydrographic studies of its marine waters, meteorological factors, changes in the bottom relief for proof of navigation and maritime international cards.

“Expedition” Admiral Vladimir “confirm and strengthen the enormous role that rightfully belongs hydrographers of the Russian Navy in the field of cartography and maritime research. Keep in mind that Russia is one of three countries with the largest cartographic database – a collection of nautical charts of more than 8000 Admiralty rooms “- said Chirkov.

The commander said that on the way to Antarctica, the ship crosses the Atlantic , pass the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea, will carry out the passage through the Suez Canal. Then, crossing the most southern latitudes of the Indian Ocean along the coast of the Seychelles and Madagascar, the ship will pass the southern tip of Africa and will arrive to the shores of Antarctica.

Hydrography Navy visit ports Algeria, Suez (Egypt), djigda (Saudi Arabia), Victoria (Seychelles), the island of Madagascar, Maputo (Mozambique), Cape Town (South Africa), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Luanda (Angola), Lisbon (Portugal). In board are capsule with the Russian land, which will be laid in places of military glory and graves of Russian sailors in the ports of call.

Last detachment of Russian OIC “Admiral Vladimir” and “Thaddeus Belinsgauzen” explored the coast and surrounding sea of ​​Antarctica in the world expedition 1982-1983 period. Then, researchers have new data on the topography of the bottom of the temperature and salinity of sea water. There have been studied in detail in the flow of the waters off the coast of Antarctica. They also discovered and mapped 178 underwater mountains and hills, have specified the location of 13 different islands in the Southern Ocean, and made other voyages of discovery.

Interestingly, during that expedition, “Admiral Vladimirsky” set a record, reaching the Strait of McMurdo latitude 78 ° 15 “- the southernmost point to which ever got the domestic court.