AH_c77e64e9-67b3-11f0-b70f-00155d8c3204 Battle Penguins” is the nickname of Ukrainian polar researchers — scientists who once studied climate, oceans, melting glaciers, and wildlife at the Akademik Vernadsky Antarctic station. After the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war began, many of them joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Their story inspired us to create this embroidered patch. It features a determined penguin with the phrase “Born to chill,” a line that can be read in two ways:
“born for the cold” — a nod to polar science and the reality of global warming;
“born to relax” — a military slang expression with a touch of self-irony. But this character on the patch carries a real mission as well: 50 UAH from each patch supports the actual “Battle Penguins.”Buying the patch means supporting those who once explored Antarctica — and now protect Ukraine.
AH_5dc3a589-8492-11ef-9bc9-00155dcd4802This patch is dedicated to our friend and fellow soldier Artem Dymyd, who died in the war in June 2022. Artem, or, as everyone called him, friend Kurka, made a great contribution to the creation of Aviatsiya Halychyny and was once really into skydiving. He will forever remain in our memory as someone who lived life to the fullest and definitely had wings behind his back. In Artem’s memory, we created T-shirts and a patch with a quote from one of his favourite songs «Гей, браття – опришки» (‘Hey, Brothers, Opryshky’), namely: «Краще раз злетіти соколом у небі, аніж вічно жити в ярмі»( ‘It's better to fly like a falcon in the sky just once than to live in a yoke forever’).
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