At the Akademik Vernadsky station, a member of the expedition died.

Vasily Omelyanovich worked as a cook at the station. According to preliminary data, he committed suicide.

At the Akademik Vernadsky station, the cook of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) Vasily Omelianovich was killed. According to preliminary information, he committed suicide due to personal problems. On Saturday, May 9, the press service of the National Antarctic Research Center.

“Yesterday, May 8, 2020, at the Akademik Vernadsky station, the cook of the 25th Ukrainian Antarctic Expedition (UAE) Vasily Omelyanovich was killed,” the statement said.

It should be noted that this was his fifth expedition to the station.

“We all knew Vasily as a very calm, balanced and kind person, a true professional. It was already his fifth expedition to Akademik Vernadsky station. Now we are discovering all the circumstances of death, it is previously known that he committed suicide due to problems K Unfortunately, we are all living people, and no one knows in advance what will be the drop that filled the glass or “the drop that filled the glass” for whom, “the message said.

It is noted that the issue of shipping the body to Ukraine is now being decided.

“Until now, the cook’s duties at the station will be carried out by all the other members of the expedition,” said the head of the Antarctic National Scientific Center of the Ministry of Education, Yevgeny Dikiy.

It should be noted that Vasily Emelyanovich was born in 1985. He lived in the city of Malin, Zhytomyr region. Since his first wintering (2011, 16th UAE), he constantly returned to Antarctica (participating in the 18th, 20th and 23rd United Arab Emirates).

A penguin came to visit Ukrainian polar explorers.

Recall that in March, the expedition was unable to reach Antarctica due to COVID-19.

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