Head of the joint expedition of Russian Defence Ministry and the Russian Geographical Society, Deputy Head of the Navigation and Oceanography Department of Russian Defence Ministry, captain of the first rank Oleg Osipov, Consul General of Russia in Rio de Janeiro, Vladimir Tokmakov and crew members of the Admiral Vladimirsky vessel visit the National Monument to the Casualties of World War II, honoring Brazil's contributions to allied efforts during WWII in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In December of 2019 the research vessel Admiral Vladimirsky went on a round-the-world expedition to the shores of Antarctica, dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the continent’s opening by Russian naval sailors on the Vostok and Mirny sloops under the command of Thaddeus Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev, as well as to 250th birth anniversary of Admiral Ivan Kruzenshtern. The aim of the expedition is to conduct complex oceanographic research in the Antarctic region and along the route, determining the location of the island of Peter the Great and studying the parameters of the earth's magnetic field in order to clarify the position of the South Magnetic Pole.
- Categories: Human Interest, Environmental Issues
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Event date: 14.01.2020
- Date published: 14.01.2020
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5407x3599px, 5.3Mb
- Job-ID: 3f4770bdc118aaa6