The Kremlin, Moscow. A reception for members of the North Pole 1 Arctic scientific research expedition who established a drifting polar station on n ice-floe. The four famed polar explorers became Heroes of the Soviet Union and received their DSc (Geography) degrees. From right: Meteorologist and geophysicist Yevgeny Fyodorov; station chief Ivan Papanin; radio transceiver operator Ernst Krenkel and marine biologist and oceanographer Pyotr Shirshov.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Economy, Business & Finance, Science & Technology
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 17.03.1938
- Date published: 19.04.2024
- Author: Yakov Khalip
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: А67-3978, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5315x3543px, 6.3Mb