Add to favorite
 
123
Subscribe to our Newsletters Subscribe to our Newsletters Get Daily Updates RSS


Meteoric Expedition to Antarctica will Push Scientists Closer to Fathoming Archebiosis
September 23, 2015 18:38


Members of the first Russian Antarctic meteoric expedition of the Ural Federal University intend to find there the substance, which possibly caused the advent of life on the Earth, the head of the expedition, Prof. Victor Grokhovsky reported to TASS.

"The biological material, which became the reason for the life on this planet, might have been brought to the Earth by a meteorite, but that is a controversial issue. During the Antarctic expedition we will collect the samples of matter  that will help scientists study the subject of archebiosis in more detail. In particular, we aim at finding this biological matter", - he said.

To start with, the expedition members plan to collect space dust by melting ice. "This continent is a unique place with concentration of extraterrestrial matter. In the areas of blue ice located there the concentration of extraterrestrial matter is several hundreds of thousands times higher, than on this planet in general. The Antarctic ice is a centuries-old conveyor of everything that has ever fallen from the sky", - Mr. Grokhovsky explained.

"We plan to start the expedition to Antarctica on November 22, 2015. Presently its members are being trained in the Pamirs in Kyrgyzstan. They master mountaineering skills and adapt to severe climatic conditions", - he added.

It will take around 10 million rubles to carry out the first expedition to Antarctica. According to Mr. Grokhovsky, with the help of sponsors, fundraising on internet and financing of the Ural Federal University they have obtained nearly half of the amount required.

Meanwhile, the organizers of the expedition go on admitting memebership  applications from both Russian and foreign scientists, for instance, from the Czech Republic and Finland.

 




Author: Vera Ivanova

Tags: Antarctic Ural Federal University Russian scientists   

Next Previous

You might also find interesting:

Whales versus Oil Production How Space Bodies Collide with Earth: Possible Scenarios The USA Began To Spy On the Russian Satellites Killer RAS Intends to Turn Moscow into Scientific City Number One in the World FASO to Finance Research of Changing Ecosystem of Lake Baikal









Comment on our site


RSS   twitter      submit


Ïàðòåð


TAGS:
health  accomodation in Russia  Russian artists  Tele2 AB  Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area  Russian scientists  Far East  Russian oil  Moscow weekends  Ksenia Sobchak  Dyatlov's Passage  Sochi 2014  Comics  Tsaritsyno  St. Petersburg Parks   Russian business  St. Petersburg  Vladimir Zheleznikov   Exhibitions in Moscow  Maison SAS   SUEK  Russian Cinema  Forestry  US sanctions  Terek  Alexey Aigi  Elbrus  elections in Russia  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia  Banks of Russia  Usman'  Concerts in Saint Petersburg  Rosprodset  medicine  Samara  Russian economy  Pyotry Tchaikovsky  Science  Russian science  Yaroslavl   Arkhangelsk region  Russian music  Yury Annenkov  international cooperation  Sberbank  Zinovy Gerdt  Moscow  DTM racing  Russian tourism  Launch Sites 


Travel Blogs
Top Traveling Sites