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Arctic Scientist, Gulag Survivor

The Biography of Mikhail Mikhailovich Ermolaev, 1905-1991

Arctic Scientist, Gulag Survivor( )
Original Author: Ermolaev, Aleksei Mikhailovich
Dibner, V. D.
Edited and Translated by: Barr, William
Series title:Northern Lights Ser.
ISBN:978-1-55238-256-1
Publication Date:Nov 2009
Publisher:University of Calgary Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $46.95
Book Description:

One of the most prominent Soviet Arctic scientists of the 1920s and 1930s, Mikhail Mikhailovich Ermolaev was a geologist, physicist, and oceanographer. After working in the Arctic for some thirteen years, he was arrested by the NKVD, convicted on a trumped-up charge of "sabotage," and sent to the Gulag for ten years. After barely surviving a year of correctional hard labour in a lumber camp, Ermolaev was appointed to a sharashka, or professional team, which was charged with extending...
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Book Details
Pages:615
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Science / History
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Social Science / Penology
Travel / Polar Regions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.747 x 8.892 x 1.404 Inches
Book Weight:1.855 Pounds



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