Lachezar Tsotsorkov Becomes First Bulgarian to Set Foot on Both Earth Poles
March 16th, 2015, Monday
Prof. Dr. Lachezar Tsotsorkov, as a part of a ten-member international expedition, stepped on the South Pole and raised the flags of Bulgaria, Panagyurishte, the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, Assarel-Medet JSC and Rotary Club Panagyurishte on 15.12.2014 at 23:09 Bulgarian time.
Thus he became the first Bulgarian to have raised the Bulgarian flag on both the South and the North Pole (2012), wrote today the site ClimbingGuideBg.com run by famous Bulgarian mountaineer Nikolay Petkov.
On his way back from the Earth’s southernmost point, Prof. Dr. Tsotsorkov joined the 23rd Bulgarian Antarctic expedition on Livingstone Island.
Text and photos: www.climbingguidebg.com
The Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Assarel-Medet JSC, Prof. Dr. Lachezar Tsotsorkov, at the South Pole. In 2012 he also stepped on the North Pole as a member of an international expedition.
The southernmost point on Earth.
With the flags of Bulgaria, Panagyurishte, the Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology, Assarel-Medet JSC and Rotary Club Panagyurishte.
In front of the flags of the 11 countries which first signed the Antarctic Treaty.
