Treshnikov А.F. (1914-1991), geographer

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TRESHNIKOV Alexey Fedorovich (1914-1991, St. Petersburg), geographer, oceanologist, polar explorer, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1981 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1949. He graduated from Leningrad State University in 1939. He was in charge of providing hydrometeorological services for operations of the Northern Fleet in 1941-45. He was the chief of Severny Polyus-2 Drifting Station. He headed the Second Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Antarctic Expedition. He was the director of the Arctic and Antarctic Institute in 1960-81. A professor at Leningrad State University from 1967, he was simultaneously the director of the Research Institute of Limnology in 1984-89 attached to the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The author of over 350 scientific papers, he contributed to the development of the two-volume Atlas of Antarctica in 1966-69. He was the Acting President and President of the Geographical Society of the USSR in 1977-80 and 1980-91, respectively. Awarded a State Prize of the USSR in 1971. He lived at 65 Kirovsky Avenue from 1960. Buried at Komarovskoe Cemetery.

Reference: Алексей Федорович Трешников: [Некролог] // Изв. РГО. 1992. Т. 124, вып. 1. С. 100-101.

L. I. Yarukova. Treshnikov Alexey Fedorovich
Kamennoostrovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 65
Алексей Федорович Трешников: [Некролог] // Изв. Рус. геогр. о-ва, 1992 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Arctic and Antarctic Institute
Russian Geographical Society
Komorovskoe Cemetery