On August 18, 2021, at 10 a.m. the NAS of Belarus celebrations dedicated to 15th anniversary of the participation of the Republic of Belarus in the study of Antarctica *.

A representative delegation of Roshydromet in the Russian Antarctic Expedition of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic” (St. Petersburg) will take part in the events.
The program includes an International Scientific Conference, an exhibition “Belarus in Antarctica: 15 years of regular scientific and expeditionary research”, and extended meeting of the Interdepartmental Commission on Antarctic Issues. The Academy of Sciences will bring together the participants of the Belarusian Antarctic expeditions of different years; employees of organizations of the Departments of Biological sciences, Physics, Mathematics and Informatics, Chemistry and Earth sciences of the NAS of Belarus, participating in the Antarctic theme; representatives of ministries and departments of the country, members of the Interdepartmental Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Antarctic Issues, young scientists.

* In August 2006, resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus № 1104 approved the first State Target Program “Monitoring of the Earth’s polar regions and ensuring the activities of Arctic and Antarctic expeditions for 2007-2010 and for the period up to 2015”.