ution ”. ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Ant ar ctic ▁Tre aty ▁meeting ▁in ▁Stockholm , ▁Sweden , ▁an ▁agreement ▁was ▁signed ▁with ▁Australia ▁that ▁gave ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Ant ar ctic ▁Foundation ▁one ▁of ▁Australian ' s ▁research ▁bases ▁on ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ▁east ▁coast . ▁ ▁After ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years , ▁I ▁brought ▁R ac ovi ţ ă ▁back ▁in ▁Ant ar ctic ▁regions . ▁The ▁greatest ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁my ▁career ▁was ▁when ▁I ▁took ▁from ▁the ▁base ▁from ▁the ▁Austral ians . ▁I ▁got ▁so ▁emot ional , ▁that ▁I ▁couldn ’ t ▁even ▁sign . ▁ ▁Pl anning ▁to ▁re open ▁the ▁station ▁in ▁Ant arct ica , ▁N ego i ţ ă ▁made ▁his ▁ 1 3 th ▁polar ▁expedition , ▁sp ending ▁ 2 - 1 / 2 ▁months ▁in ▁Ant arct ica . ▁His ▁expl oration ▁team ▁included ▁two ▁women , ▁a ▁bi ologist ▁and ▁a ▁bio chem ist , ▁who ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁Roman ian ▁women ▁to ▁visit ▁Ant arct ica . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁re open ing ▁the ▁station , ▁the ▁expedition ' s ▁purpose ▁was ▁to ▁obtain ▁ground ▁samples , ▁sed iments ▁and ▁micro - organ isms . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁Law - R ac ov ita ▁Station ▁was ▁re - open ed , ▁becoming ▁Roman ia ' s ▁first ▁research ▁and ▁expl oration ▁station ▁in ▁Ant arct ica . ▁ ▁The ▁base