Mikhail Somov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Somov

Soviet Ocenographer and polar explorer

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1908

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 30-Dec-1973

Profession: geographer, explorer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ?????; 7 April [O.S.
25 March] 1908,in Moscow – 30 December 1973 in Leningrad) was a Soviet oceanologist, polar explorer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences (1954). Somov graduated from the Moscow Hydrometeorological Institute in 1937.
In 1939, he was appointed senior researcher at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute.
In 1950-1951, Mikhail Somov headed a drift-ice station North Pole-2.
In 1955-1957, he became the commander of the first Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Mikhail Somov was also the first Soviet delegate to the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.The Somov Sea north of Victoria Land and a glacier in Queen Maud Land (both East Antarctica) bear Mikhail Somov's name, as well as a scientific icebreaker.
A minor planet 3334 Somov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1981 is named after him.
Somov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1952.