MY 50-YEARS-LONG ODISSEY
Abstract
This autobiographical note was submitted to the Editorial board of the Journal «Oceanological Research» by close relatives of the veteran and honorary worker of the Navy, the legendary sea captain Nikolai Vadimovich Apekhtin, who for more than 30 years headed the research vessels of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences: «Academician Kurchatov», «Vityaz», «Dmitry Mendeleev» and «Academician Ioffe». The materials were handed over shortly before his death, which took place on 10/30/2021 in Kaliningrad. It includes brief milestones of his biography, compiled by him during his lifetime from his diary entries, workbook and other surviving documents.
References
- Kuznetsov, O.A. and V.G. Neiman, 2005: K istorii ekspeditsionnih issledovaniy Instituta okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova (On the history of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology expeditions). Moscow, Nauchniy Mir, 520 p.
- Kuznetsov, O.A. and V.G. Neiman, 2008: Morskie “Vitiazi” Rossii (Marine “Knights” of Russia). Moscow, Nauka, 252 p.
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