On April 16, the gallery "Panorama" hosted the opening of the photo exhibition "Living Stones of Antarctica", dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Belarusian Geographical Society.
The photo exhibition consists of photographs taken during the Belarusian Antarctic expeditions. The author of the photos is Yuri Grigoryevich Giginyak, a leading researcher, associate professor, Candidate of Biological Sciences of the State Scientific and Production Association Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources.
The first biological studies of Antarctica by Belarusian specialists were carried out during the 16th Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1970–1972. For more than 50 years, Yuri Giginyak, a hydrobiologist, ecologist, and Class III diver, has been researching Antarctica. He is the permanent head of biological work on Antarctic research by Belarusian scientists, and has visited the mainland five times. At the moment, the main research site in Antarctica is the Talla Hills Oasis (Enderby Land). The construction of the Belarusian station "Mount Vechernaya" in the coastal part of the mainland is coming to an end.
The exhibition features photographic prints by researcher Yuri Giginyak: the living conditions of scientists, the secrets and beauty of the icy continent, snow-capped landscapes, sunny peaks, sunsets over an iceberg, a long polar night and the Antarctic moon, icy mountains and caves deep in icebergs. The author of the pictures captured the difficulties and funny moments from the life of the inhabitants of the South Pole – penguins and seals.
Special attention is paid to such unusual inhabitants of Antarctica as "living" stones – stone sculptures created by nature, amazing in shape and possible associations.
The event was attended by Lyudmila Vysotskaya, Deputy Director of the National Library of Belarus, Alexey Yarotov, Chairman of the Belarusian Geographical Society, Candidate of Geographical Sciences, leading researcher, Associate Professor, Candidate of Biological Sciences of the State Scientific and Production Association "Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Bioresources", the author of the photos is Yuri Giginyak.
"Living Stones of Antarctica" is an exhibition about the exciting imagination of the Southern Continent, its amazing inhabitants, researchers, the peculiarities of their lives, about the unique and amazing Antarctic landscapes and their history frozen in stone…
The exhibition will run until May 21, 2024.
The date of its completion can be changed.
A visit to the exposition is included in the cost of visiting the observation deck.
The mode of operation of the exhibition corresponds to the mode of operation of the observation deck.
Phone for inquiries: (37517) 368 37 37.
The material was provided by the Public Relations Department.
