“, ▁extremely ▁interesting ▁for ▁wild ▁life ▁research . ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁Ant ar ctic ▁exped itions , ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁earned ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁chem istry ▁by ▁def ending ▁a ▁Ph D ▁th esis ▁titled ▁" P oll ution ▁control ▁in ▁Ar ctic ▁and ▁Ant ar ctic ▁areas ". ▁ ▁In ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Roman ian ▁President ▁Emil ▁Constant ines cu ▁awarded ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁the ▁Star ▁of ▁Roman ia ▁Medal ▁- ▁degree ▁of ▁officer . ▁ ▁Found er ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Roman ian ▁research ▁station ▁in ▁Ant arct ica ▁ ▁N ego i ţ ă ’ s ▁began ▁the ▁ground work ▁for ▁building ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁expl oration ▁station ▁in ▁Ant arct ica ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 , ▁when ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁publish ▁research ▁ess ays ▁at ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ▁Tre aty , ▁of ▁which ▁Roman ia ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁gave ▁the ▁opening ▁speech ▁at ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ▁Tre aty ▁meeting ▁in ▁London , ▁before ▁represent atives ▁of ▁ 4 3 ▁countries . ▁The ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁meeting ▁was ▁to ▁reg ulate ▁naval ▁rules ▁in ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ▁Se as , ▁and ▁the ▁main ▁arguments ▁cent red ▁on ▁the ▁Roman ian , ▁American ▁and ▁British ▁ess ays . ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁presented ▁the ▁study ▁“ D ire ctions ▁concerning ▁mar itime ▁Ant ar ctic ▁transport ▁and ▁environment ▁poll