Dec. 27 – The Navy is participating in this year’s Italian expedition to Antarctica, the 29th to be carried out since the beginning of the program, which will continue until the end of February. The ship is now in New Zealand and should leave tomorrow the port of Lyttelton for Antarctica, which it should reach on February 10. In addition to researchers and technical and logistic personnel, two officers enabled in hydro- oceanography will take part in the mission on board Italica, to perform a relief bathymetry of the Ross Sea. They are accompanied by a highly specialized Navy personnel for logistical support, including two non-commissioned pilots. In addition, two NCOs from the Recon Brigade Marina San Marco and one scuba diver NCO have been at the Italian base since October, when the seasonal opening of the structure occurred.
The Italian expedition to the South Pole
