Nikolay Urvantsev
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (Russian: Николáй Николáевич Урвáнцев; 29 January [O.S. 17 January] 1893 – 20 February 1985) was a Soviet geologist and explorer. He was born in the town of Lukoyanov in the Lukoyanovsky Uyezd of the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire to the family of a merchant. He graduated from the Tomsk Engineering Institute in 1918.
Urvantsev was among the discoverers of the Norilsk coal basin and Norilsk copper-nickel ore region in 1919-1922 and was among the founders of Norilsk town.
Overview
Career
In 1922, while leading a geological expedition, Urvantsev found evidence of the mysteriously disappeared
In 1930-1932 Urvantsev, together with Georgy Ushakov, explored the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago where they discovered a number of islands. He published a book about the expedition, At the Severnaya Zemlya. He also explored other remote areas of Russia, Taimyr and Central Siberian Plateau.
In 1933-34 the newly formed
During the
Urvantsev was fully exonerated in 1954. Until his death he worked as Chair of the Arctic Geology Department in the Scientific Research Institute of Arctic Geology (НИИГА, now All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of World Ocean Geology and Mineral Resources, VNIIOkeanologiya, ВНИИОкеанология).
Awards and honors
He was the recipient of two
The mineral Urvantsevite honors his name.
See also
- Komsomolskaya Pravda Islands
- Maria Pronchishcheva Bay
- Nordvik (Laptev Sea)
- William Barr
References
- ^ William Barr, The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919