First, on board the Bulgarian military scientific research vessel “St. Cyril and Methodius” (NIK 421) on the seventh day of its voyage, as it was following its route to Cartagena, BTA reports. The Spanish port city is the first intermediate stop on the way to Livingston Island, where the ship will support the 31st Bulgarian Antarctic Expedition.
Approximately 3 bales of turbulence began to be felt aboard NIC 421 at approximately 16:30 local time as the vessel headed west across the Mediterranean, north of the Tunisian coast.
The current weather conditions do not seriously affect the course of “St. Cyril and Methodius” and its speed of about 9 knots.
The distance from Varna through the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles, the Aegean and Ionian Seas to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, located north of Tunisia, NIK 421 sailed in about 6 1/2 days under extremely favorable weather conditions.
