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 Nikolai Vavilov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (Николай Иванович Вавилов, November 25/(November 13), 1887— January 26, 1943) was a prominent Russian botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants.
Nikolai I. Vavilov was the head of the institute during 1921–1940.
The USSR Academy of Sciences established the Vavilov Award (1965) and the Vavilov Medal (1968).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nikolai_Vavilov   (614 words)

  
 Sergey Trubko: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Sergey has 25 years of experience in the design and development of optical systems for industrial, scientific and aerospace products.
Sergey received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. degrees with honors from the University of Fine Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sergey holds eight patents and has been published in over a dozen books and journals.
www.zoominfo.com /people/trubko_sergey_31949424.aspx   (428 words)

  
 Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (Russian: Сергей Иванович Вавилов; 24 March 1891
He wrote on the lives and works of great thinkers, such as Lucretius, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, Mikhail Lomonosov, Michael Faraday, and Pyotr Lebedev, among others.
She is a research vessel that can carry approximately 150 crew and passengers, and is a Class-1A icebreaker which regularly makes trips to Antarctica.
www.qq818.info /en/S.I._Vavilov.htm   (198 words)

  
 Sergey Nikolenko
My work in algebra was done in St.-Petersburg State University under the supervision of Dr. Nikolai Alexandrovich Vavilov and dealt with structure theorems for algebraic groups.
Vavilov together with M. Gavrilovich developed a nice way to prove the structure theorems (proudly named "The proof from the Book") which they applied to groups of type E
In 2004, I was visiting Bielefeld University for two months and met Kirill Zainoulline and Nikita Semenov, who were working on motive theory there.
logic.pdmi.ras.ru /~sergey/index.php?page=scibio   (420 words)

  
 Svalbard; Cruising the High Arctic
It also has an impressive array of wildlife and a rich human history (Spitsbergen, the largest island of the archipelago, was known to the Vikings and subsequently visited by whalers, fur traders, and explorers).
You'll travel in comfort aboard the 100-passenger Akademik Sergey Vavilov, a polar expedition ship that's the ideal home base for exploring this remarkable wilderness.
Board the Akademik Sergey Vavilov and depart for a spectacular sail through the Isfjorden and along Prins Karls Forland.
www.mtsobek.com /c/p?promoterID=1378   (357 words)

  
 Spitsbergen Tours—Polar Bear Tours & Wildlife of Spitsbergen—TravelWild Expeditions
We have created just such a cruise on board the 110-passenger vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov.
As we descend to the Longyearbyen airport, Spitsbergen’s massive glacier fields and spectacular snowcapped peaks are revealed.
We board the Akademik Sergey Vavilov in the afternoon.
www.travelwild.com /Svalbard.asp   (807 words)

  
 Trek Escapes
In Antarctica we operate both the Akademik Ioffe and, her sister ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov.
In terms of stability and speed, she is 'state of the art' and, while not luxurious, she's very comfortable and kept in top condition.
The Akademik Sergey Vavilov is the sister ship of the Akademik Ioffe and offers an almost identical experience.
www.trekescapes.com /polar/our-ships.html   (461 words)

  
 Antarctica
We will be aboard the polar oceanographic research vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov / Peregrine Voyager, and Barry will again be part of the expedition team, leading the trip and conducting lectures.
The 100 passenger, 384 ft Akademik Sergey Vavilov / Peregrine Voyager was built in Finland in 1988 for polar and oceanographic research.
The Akademik Sergey Vavilov / Peregrine Voyager has an ice-strengthened hull; her smaller size allows us to navigate scenic waterways with ease, venturing into areas closed to larger vessels.
www.galapagostravel.com /antarctica.htm   (1981 words)

  
 Creation and development history of the research fleet of the Russian Academy of Sciences, VII International Congress
The non-magnetic schooner " Zarya ", built in Finland in 1952, took a special place in the system of the aca­demic research fleet.
By the end of the 1950s, such ships as the " Vityaz ", " Mikhail Lomonosov ", " Pyotr Lebedev ", " Sergey Vavilov ", " Zarya ", " Akademik A. Kovalevsky ", " Akademik Vavilov " and some boats joined the scientific fleet of the USSR`s Academy of Sciences.
It was quite an imposing fleet at that time, but both the ma­rine research experience and new knowledge about the Ocean demanded that abso­lutely new vessels, equipped with information and measurement devices as well as new generation complexes and incoming data processing and documentary aids.
vitiaz.ru /congress/en/thesis/69.html   (936 words)

  
 Akademik Vavilov -
We board the Akademik Sergey Vavilov in the afternoon at Ushuaia on Tierra del Fuego, the southern tip of South America, and sail through the Beagle Channel in the early evening.
The long days mean plenty of evening light in which to experience the beauty of the channel, and to perhaps enjoy our first wildlife sightings.
Assuming weather, sea and ice conditions are suitable, today we'll transfer from the Peregrine Voyager to the Spirit of Sydney.
www.alvoyages.com /ships/akademik-vavilov/10/204   (1703 words)

  
 ExpeditionTrips.com: Trip Details Page
On Day 1 you will be met at the Peregrine meeting point and transferred to the pier, in time to board your ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov/ Peregrine Voyager, about 4.30pm.
During the night the Akademik Sergey Vavilov will pass the long island of Prins Karls Forland and then turn east into Kongsfjorden by the time breakfast is served.
You have two days to explore parts of Svalbard, and there is considerable flexibility as to the places you visit.
www.expeditiontrips.com /search/trip.asp?tripid=1712   (864 words)

  
 Vavilov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The 385' Vavilov is a relatively new Scandinavian-built ice-strengthened Russian research vessel designed for sensitive hydro-acoustic work in polar climates.
Its two powerful engines run extremely quietly and give it a cruising speed of 14.5 knots.
We sailed with 94 passengers from all over the world, the Russian crew, the Australian outfitters (Peregrine Expeditions), and the photographic staff and lecturers (also from all over).
www.underwater.org /mermaid/antarctica/vavilov.html   (102 words)

  
 GORP - Antarctica, the Wildest Place - The End of the World
For us, as the jumping-off point for a voyage to Antarctica, it was where we boarded the 350 foot Marine Adventurer.
It had been an ice-hardened Russian scientific research ship know as the Akademik Sergey Vavilov before being converted to first-class passenger service when research money dried up.
We were eager to return to the Ice Age — in comfort.
gorp.away.com /gorp/location/expert/features/antarctica.htm   (241 words)

  
 People to People Memories Exploring Antarctica
His ship, the Endurance, remained trapped for 11 months, until the pressure of the ice slowly crushed and sank it, leaving Shackleton and his crew as castaways without the modern devices of radios and satellite telephones.
Expeditionary David Fletcher, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, gave a well-timed presentation on the ice of Antarctica.
The passengers and crew of the Akademik Sergey Vavilov were saved from the fate that beset Shackleton and his small band of explorers, who had suffered months of frostbite and pain, but somehow survived.
www.ambassadorprograms.org /50years/memories/antarctica.asp   (1265 words)

  
 bymnews.com
The four cruise ships include the Polar Star, Aurora Expeditions’ Polar Pioneer, Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov.
Polar Pioneer is operated by Aurora Expeditions of Sydney, Australia.
Peregrine Shipping of Melbourne, Australia operates the Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov.
www.bymnews.com /new/content/view/24870/82   (394 words)

  
 Arctic05Spitsbergen Main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On Day 1 you will be met at Longyearbyen Airport or the Peregrine meeting point (Radisson Hotel) and transferred to the pier, in time to board your ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov/ Peregrine Voyager, about 3.30pm.
During the night the Akademik Sergey Vavilov will pass the long island of Prins Karls Forland and then turn east into Kongsfjorden in the early hours.
These days are spent exploring the coast and generally moving in a clockwise direction.
www.travelearn.com /arctic05spitsbergen_main.htm   (4029 words)

  
 Antarctica Expeditions - Cruises during the Austral Summer
We boarded the Russian oceanographic research vessel 'Akademik Sergey Vavilov' to the Antarctic Peninsula.The experience was so fantastic that since then we caught the 'Antarctic bug' and returned to Antarctica every Austral summer.
It was with great pleasure that we returned on board the 'Vavilov' to celebrate the Millennium in Antarctica.
On the last day of 1999 we were blessed by a spectacular show of humpback whales spouting alongside the vessel.
www.antarcticacruises.com.ar /english.html   (1387 words)

  
 New Times | Socitey | Academician Vitaly GINZBURG: “THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES SHOULD BE PART OF CIVIL SOCIETY”   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In practice, the president of the Academy was appointed by the Politburo.
Several candidates were suggested to Stalin and he chose Vavilov, in spite of the fact that his brother Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov, a prominent scientist as well, had been repressed and died in prison.
Sergey Ivanovich first of all did everything he could to free his brother and took care of his sons Oleg and Yury as if they were his own.
www.newtimes.ru /eng/detail.asp?art_id=1757   (5808 words)

  
 Whet your appetite for splashing fun at Ohio's Soak City - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Glide through Arctic waters, where polar bears and other wildlife live, on 11-night expeditions to Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago of Norway.
The trips, which start July 5 and 14, feature two nights in Oslo and nine nights aboard the 385-foot Akademik Sergey Vavilov.
Zodiac landing craft, staffed by polar bear experts, naturalists and guides, will take passengers ashore for a closer look at the wildlife.
www.pittsburghlive.com /x/pittsburghtrib/living/travel/s_455150.html   (603 words)

  
 Lucy Jane Bledsoe - Antarctica
Lucy has just returned from her third trip to Antarctica, this time on the Russian ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, with the Australian Peregrine Adventures.
Notice my ship, the Akademik Sergey Vavilov in the distance to the right.
The water and ice really were that blue.
lucyjanebledsoe.com /events.htm   (193 words)

  
 IPY: International Polar Year
Using Shirshov Institute of Oceanology R/V Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov to carry out annually CTD/LADCP lines along SR1 and SR2 sections from the surface to bottom as well as up to 40 repeated XBT lines during austral summer in Drake Passage.
What significant advance(s) in relation to the IPY themes and targets can be anticipated from this project?
Two research vessels of Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Science Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov are going to be used, which operate each year in Antarctica.
www.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=770   (551 words)

  
 The answers to my bottle-notes in i970 – i985, VII International Congress
There was a special current measuring expedition, which took place in the West from Cape Verde Isles.
There were six scientific vessels participating in the expedi­tion: three large ones and three somewhat less, the names of the vessels were: the "Dmitriy Mendeleev" (main), the "Akademik Kurchatov", the "Akademik Ver­nadskiy", the "Andrey Vilkitzkiy", the "Petr Lebedev", the "Sergey Vavilov".
I was aboard the R/V "Akademik Kurchatov" as the oceanographer-meteorologist, voyage 8, the second part of the expedition.
vitiaz.ru /congress/en/thesis/147.html   (4335 words)

  
 Akademik Sergey Vavilov
The 385-foot Akademik Sergey Vavilov is a modern, comfortable ship ideally suited for our 2006 polar voyages.
This Scandinavian-built vessel was designed with an ice-strengthened hull and external stabilizers for maximum safety and comfort as we ply the polar waters.
Engines: 5,000 kW diesel, twin engines, twin propellers, 600kW bow and stern thrusters
www.travelwild.com /Vavilov-Deckplan.htm   (194 words)

  
 USGS CMG Platform (Akademik Sergey Vavilov) Data & Metadata
USGS CMG Platform (Akademik Sergey Vavilov) Data & Metadata
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