Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin (russian: Александр Гаврилович Дралкин; 3 November 1911 – 2007) was a Soviet

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, geographer and polar explorer. He was a leader of the

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and the

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. He also worked on the

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drifting ice station (1954–1957) in the Arctic Ocean. Dralkin died in 2007.ResearchGate: Igor Maximov
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1911 births 2007 deaths Explorers of the Arctic Russian and Soviet polar explorers Russian explorers {{geoscientist-stub