The participants of the 16th Belarusian Antarctic Expedition congratulate the women of the National Academy of Sciences and the whole country on a wonderful holiday, the Women's Day.

The congratulation, in particular, says:

"On this beautiful spring day, the men of the 16th Belarusian Antarctic Expedition say warm words of respect, appreciation and love to mothers, grandmothers, wives, sisters, daughters, granddaughters, wonderful colleagues, and to all the wonderful women of Belarus!

From time immemorial, men have revered women for the gift they have of loving and believing, enduring adversity and inspiring feats, giving hope and preserving the warmth of the family.

Thank you all for the kindness and beauty that you bring to this world, for the inexhaustible feminine wisdom and patience. You, our dear women, manage the impossible: to work on an equal basis with men and to remain beloved, attentive wives, affectionate mothers, preservers of the hearth at the same time.

We sincerely wish you good health, peaceful skies, success in your work, happiness and joy in your personal life. Let smiles decorate your faces, let the radiance of your eyes be brighter than the aurora borealis, let your love protect, and the warmth of your hearts melt the ice and warm us in the cold!

Happy holidays, dear women!

We'll be back!

Men of the 16th BAE: Alexey Gaidashov, Vladimir Nesterovich, Nikolai Zinkevich, Pavel Kononov, Yegor Korzun, Sergey Lyutyj, Leonid Nikityuk, Vitaly Khilko, Alexander Kalevich, Alexander Burdak.