Open AccessI.D. PAPANIN - POLAR RESEARCHER AND ORGANIZER OF SCIENCE
Author(s) -
К. В. Попов,
Yu. V. Vorob’eva,
M. G. Ushakova
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
okeanologičeskie issledovaniâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9634
pISSN - 1564-2291
DOI - 10.29006/1564-2291.jor-2019.47(4).15
Subject(s) - courage , event (particle physics) , the arctic , history , political science , geology , law , physics , oceanography , quantum mechanics
The article is dedicated to the important date – 125 years since the birth of I.D. Papanin. Many people know Papanin as a famous polar researcher, scientist and organizer of expeditions, a public figure, the head of the Borok biostation. But, of course, the key event of his life is a drift under his leadership the world’s first scientific station «North Pole» in the Arctic Ocean in 1937–1938. This is an unprecedented event of world significance and scale, as well as a feat of courage, endurance and determination of all four participants in the drift, who were called «Papanintsi».