Ukrainian flag of the Horyzont research ship 1990s In 1996, the United Kingdom donated to Ukraine its Faradey Station based in the Antarctic. The station was renamed as Vernadsky Research Base. For 19 years Ukrainian scientists have been conducting research of the region. Two expedition ships - Horyzont and Ernst Krenkel - transported scientists to the Antarctic region. Exhibition Ukrainian flags-relics at St. Sophia Square in Kyiv (23-25 August 2015)