Soviet North Pole expeditions

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Soviet_North_Pole_expeditions
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Arctic exploration program
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:firstDriftingStation gptkb:North_Pole-1
gptkbp:firstDriftingStationCrew gptkb:Ernst_Krenkel
gptkb:Petr_Shirshov
gptkb:Yevgeny_Fyodorov
gptkbp:firstDriftingStationEndDate February 19, 1938
gptkbp:firstDriftingStationLeader gptkb:Ivan_Papanin
gptkbp:firstDriftingStationStartDate May 21, 1937
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Soviet North Pole expeditions
gptkbp:legacy contributed to polar science
pioneered drifting ice station research
influenced international Arctic research
gptkbp:notableAchievement first manned drifting ice station
gptkbp:notableAircraft ANT-6
Li-2
TB-3
gptkbp:notableMission gptkb:North_Pole-1
North Pole-2
North Pole-3
North Pole-4
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Otto_Schmidt
gptkb:Mikhail_Somov
gptkb:Ivan_Papanin
gptkb:Nikolay_Zubov
gptkb:Vladimir_Vize
gptkb:Ernst_Krenkel
gptkb:Petr_Shirshov
gptkb:Yevgeny_Fyodorov
Pavel Gordienko
Vladimir Yulyevich Wiese
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:icebreaker_Yermak
icebreaker Arktika
icebreaker Krasin
icebreaker Lenin
gptkbp:numberOfDriftingStations over 30
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Soviet_Academy_of_Sciences
Soviet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
gptkbp:purpose scientific research
geophysical research
meteorological observation
oceanographic study
gptkbp:responsibility gptkb:Arctic_Ocean
gptkb:North_Pole
gptkbp:startYear 1937
gptkbp:status discontinued after 1991
gptkbp:successor Russian North Pole expeditions
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:aircraft
dog sleds
icebreakers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Rudolf_Samoylovich
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8