About Yakov Gakkel
Lived 1901 – 1965 (aged 64). Yakov Gakkel was a Russian explorer, university teacher and oceanographer.
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel (; July 18, 1901, in Saint Petersburg – December 30, 1965, in Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian oceanographer, doctor of geographical sciences, professor, director of the geography department of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, son of scientist Yakov Modestovich Gakkel.
Yakov Gakkel participated in numerous Arctic expeditions, including the ones on the icebreaker Sibiryakov (1932) and the steamship Chelyuskin (1934). He was the first one to create a bathymetric map of the Arctic basin.
Yakov Gakkel was awarded two orders and several medals during his scientific career. In 1966, one of the mid-oceanic ridges was named after him.
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Who was Yakov Gakkel?
Russian oceanographer (1901–1965)
When was Yakov Gakkel born?
Yakov Gakkel was born on 18 July 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
When did Yakov Gakkel die?
Yakov Gakkel died on 30 December 1965 in Saint Petersburg.
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Yakov Gakkel was an explorer, university teacher and oceanographer.
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Yakov Gakkel was Russian.
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