The event was attended by members of the Council of the Murmansk Regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society Sergey Goncharov and Rostislav Gaidovsky.
Tatiana Svirko, geography teacher at Kola School No. 2: "The Nevelskoy Strait, the Przhevalsky Range, the Maclay Coast and dozens of other places named after the Russian Geographical Society researchers. Islands, glaciers, cities, streets are named after them. Behind every name there are discoveries, sometimes these discoveries cost the researchers their lifes. These are people who have changed the world, connected generations, brought us new knowledge about our planet. Today I present to you an iconic, legendary figure - Rostislav Gaidovsky”.
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Rostislav Gaidovsky is a polar explorer, geologist, discoverer, combat officer, architect and builder, awarded with the Order of the Red Star and the Order of the Badge of Honor, captain of the icebreaker Krasin.
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Sergey Goncharov, member of the MRB RGS Council: "I am very grateful to the school administration for organizing such a meeting. Murmansk geographers has done a lot for the development of the North and the far Arctic. This is where the expeditions to the Antarctic set off from. We would like to talk about the Arctic and Antarctic expeditions today. One of the people who has contributed a lot to the development of the Arctic, has travelled through every part of it is Rostislav Gaidovsky”.
Rostislav Gaidovsky told the students about his life and work at sea, about interesting people he worked side by side with, about his Arctic expeditions. In particular, about the public expedition to Franz Josef Land of 1985.
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Rostislav Gaidovsky: "I have been working in the Arctic for almost forty years: marine and air transport operation, construction. The work was intense, but important and very interesting. And in my free time I did not go south, but went on the so-called public expeditions. I have participated in many of them.”
In 1985, as a deputy chief, he took part in a historical and archaeological expedition to Franz Josef Land. It was then that he discovered the strait, which is now named after him. In 2021, at the initiative of the Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, a book based on the materials of this expedition was published. Rostislav Gaidovsky was one of its co-authors. One of the copies of this book was given to the library fund of the school, another one went to the winner of the quiz held after the lecture.
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Currently, the Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society is holding a contest, and everyone can get a copy of the book "On Franz Josef Land (based on data of the 1985 historical expedition)" signed by the authors. To learn more about the contest follow the link.