Yevgeny Korotkevich
1918–1994 (age 76)
Biography
Yevgeny Sergeyevich Korotkevich (Russian: Евгений Серге́евич Короткевич; 18 August 1918, Rechytsa – 1 February 1994, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet scientist and polar explorer, Hero of Socialist Labour, and Doctor of Geographical Sciences. He was one of the leading scientists of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) in the field of glaciology and geography of polar countries.