Arthur Nwabufo
Accoding to a TheCable report, Arthur Nwabufo, a Nigerian navigator
and cadet at the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University of
Russia, is currently on an ”around-the-world” expedition on the Pallada.
Nwabufo is said to be the first Nigerian to reach the Antarctica with the Russian fleet.
The training sailing vessel ‘Pallada’ is described as the pride of the
Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University and was built in 1989
at the shipyard of Gdansk in Poland.
The expedition is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the Antarctica by Russian navigators.
A letter signed by Olga Tischenko, head of foreign affairs department of
the university, addressed to the Nigerian embassy in Moscow announced
the feat.
”This is to inform the Nigerian Embassy, that Mr. Arthur Oge Nwabufo
a cadet from the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University is
currently sailing on board sail training ship “Pallada” on the Round the
World Expedition and he is the only Nigerian among cadets and
crew-members of the sail ship,” it read.
Nwabufo is the younger brother of Fredrick Nwabufo, Nigerian journalist and columnist.