First graduates of the Hydrographic Institute of the Northern Sea Route (1935–1939): The work of graduates in the arctic in 1938–1940
https://doi.org/10.21443/3034-1434-2026-4-3-20-46
Abstract
This article is part of a publication series about students who entered the newly established Hydrographic Institute of the Northern Sea Route in 1935 and received their degrees as hydrographic engineers between 1938 and 1940. Consideration is given to the work of Hydrographic Institute graduates in the Arctic during the pre-World War II period.
About the Author
D. V. Ryabchuk
A. P. Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Daria V. Ryabchuk — Cand. Sci. (Geol.-Min.), Head of the Department of Regional Geoecology and Marine Geology
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