KIEV, Nov. 3 - The Ukrainian government at a meeting on Wednesday approved a state targeted scientific and technical program of research in the Antarctic for 2011-2020, Volodymyr Semynozhenko, the head of the State Committee on Science, Innovation and Information, said at a press conference.

He noted that research in the Antarctic is a very important and promising activity, as the Antarctic contains 80% of all of the fresh water on the Earth, and its biological reserves can be compared to the biological reserves of all the world's oceans.