MEMORIES OF MARIA PETROVNA NESTEROVA (1917–2002) AND THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY

Abstract

In 2022, the 105th anniversary of the birth of Maria Petrovna Nesterova – a geochemist, Candidate of Technical Sciences, corresponding member of the Scientific Committee, was celebrated ACOPS, laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers Award (1985). In 1942, M. P. Nesterova went to the front as a volunteer, returned to study in 1944, became interested in Ocean research. M. P. Nesterova worked in the laboratory of the trust “Arktikrazvedka” Glavsevmorput and participated in Arctic expeditions to search for oil, uranium and other minerals. In 1954–1958 she was the head of the laboratory of the trust “Arktikrazvedka”, which in 1954 became part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI). In 1968, the Laboratory became a part of the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Academy of Sciences.