Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich (russian: Евгений Серге́евич Короткевич; 1918, Rechytsa – 1 February 1994, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer,

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, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences. He was one of the leading scientists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) in the field of glaciology and geography of polar countries.

Career

Yevgeny Korotkevich participated in and headed many Arctic expeditions. In 1947-1955, he was engaged in scientific research on New Siberian Islands, Franz Josef Land,

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, Severnaya Zemlya,

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, Kara Sea islands, Taymyr Peninsula. Since 1955, Korotkevich's scientific and organizational activity was closely associated with the studies of the Antarctic nature. He took part in the

1st Soviet Antarctic Expedition The First Soviet Antarctic Expedition was led by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was . The expedition lasted from 30 November 1955 to 1957 and involved 127 expedition members and 75 crew members. Three diesel-electric ships were used to trans ...

and then headed other three Antarctic expeditions. He was AARI's deputy director and head of Soviet Antarctic Expedition for a long time. He was also executive editor of the Information Bulletin of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition. Yevgeny Korotkevich authored more than 200 scientific works and oversaw preparation and publishing of series of reference books on the nature of polar regions. He took part in the drafting of the two-volume ''Atlas of the Antarctica'' in the 1970s. He was a vice president of the

Russian Geographical Society The Russian Geographical Society (russian: Ру́сское географи́ческое о́бщество «РГО»), or RGO, is a learned society based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It promotes geography, exploration and nature protection wi ...

and was twice elected vice president of the International Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. He was also a member of scientific boards at several research institutes in Saint Petersburg. He was a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Meritorious Worker of Science and Technology of the

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, and twice recipient of the USSR State Prize. 1918 births 1994 deaths People from Rechytsa Heroes of Socialist Labour Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Recipients of the USSR State Prize Explorers of Antarctica Explorers of the Arctic Russian and Soviet polar explorers Russian explorers Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery {{geoscientist-stub