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From June 30 to July 14, 2021, the next voyage of one of the flagships of the Russian scientific fleet - the vessel "Akademik Sergei Vavilov", carried out by the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS (IO RAS). All tasks stipulated… 
On July 30, 2021, an outstanding scientist in physical oceanography, laureate of the Makarov Prize, Mikhail Koshlyakov has passed away. He was Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honored Professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Chief Scientist,… 
Young scientists and students will take part in the fourth season of the floating university IO RAS, which will be held in the Arctic from August 6 to September 5, 2021. 
On July 15, 2021, at the age of 81, a famous German scientist in the field of marine geology and paleooceanology of the Arctic, founding director of the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (GEOMAR, Kiel) and… 
On June 19, 2021, the RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh embarked on the 83rd voyage to carry out the next stage of research under the program “Ecosystems of the Siberian Arctic Seas - 2021”. The head of the expedition is Academician… 
On June 12, 2021, in the 90th year, a major Russian oceanologist, one of the founders of modern geophysical hydrodynamics, professor, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences Vladimir Moiseevich Kamenkovich passed away. For many years his scientific activity was associated… 
Director of the IO RAS A.V. Sokov presented the report "Results of the IO RAS in 2020". In conditions of social isolation, under the threat of disruption of expeditions and scientific research, we continued to work. And the staff of… 
On April 30, 2021, the leading researcher of the Laboratory of Large-Scale Variability of Hydrophysical Fields of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of RAS, candidate of geographical sciences Galerkin Leonid Isaakovich. He is one of the most honored veterans of our… 
Fedor Konyukhov will spend two weeks alone on a drifting polar station in the Arctic Ocean. The main goal of his mission will be to study the intensity of polar ice melting and its drift routes. Konyukhov will dedicate his…
