observations in the Atlantic Ocean deep. There I just asked myself, who among us
could be able to organize it? I found nobody but Eugene.
In 2010, appeared his book “Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean: Water
Structure and Flows”. In this research monograph, the authors presented the unique
experimental results of Antarctic Bottom Water transport from the Southern
Hemisphere to the north through a series of deep channels in submarine ridges. The
data collected in many expeditions allowed him to trace the pathway of Antarctic
Bottom Water, from the Antarctic Weddell Sea to the North Atlantic. One can
hardly imagine all the difficulties he had to overtake to organize these expeditions
including finances, logistics, technical, and weather conditions that were on the way
to his goal. For example, the choice of the locations of stations in individual
fractures was sometimes similar to finding a needle in a haystack. Deployments of
moorings in narrow fractures at strictly specified points also required mental and
physical efforts of the scientists and crew. However, everything was done, and the
moorings were recovered. The book on the flows in the abyssal channels for many
years will be a complete description of the flows of the bottom water and Antarctic
influence in these specific regions of the ocean.
No doubt that the success of Eugene’s work on this logistically difficult problem
of Antarctic water spreading was provided by his organizing talent and a unique
ability to find the solution of the problems in any situation, even when other people
could not do this. He always keeps the scientific line formulated in the 19th century
by the first Russian oceanographer admiral S.O. Makarov: “We write what we see;
we do not write what we do not see”. In other words, Eugene in his personal
publications or in the publications with coauthors never allowed presenting the
desired result as the real one. He knows that facts but not fantasies are the scientific
basis. Everything, which is not supported by facts, cannot be trusted.
The time when Eugene entered our oceanographic science became the period of
one of the active and fruitful missions of scientists to study the features of the
World Ocean that demand the multidisciplinary organizing research work. Eugene
has selected professionalism, timeliness, and accuracy as the necessary qualities of
his work. He always concentrates on the main features of research. His work at the
Institute facilitated the appearance of new significant scientific ideas among
the colleagues. Owing to his initiative the modern approaches and technologies of
the scientific research were practically implemented. These qualities of Eugene
were recognized within the Shirshov Institute and well beyond it. For instance, in
2011, he was elected President of the International Association for the Physical
Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO). We hope that his energy will help the promotion
and progress of the new ideas that will help humanity in the research and understanding of the World Ocean.
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could be able to organize it? I found nobody but Eugene.
In 2010, appeared his book “Abyssal Channels in the Atlantic Ocean: Water
Structure and Flows”. In this research monograph, the authors presented the unique
experimental results of Antarctic Bottom Water transport from the Southern
Hemisphere to the north through a series of deep channels in submarine ridges. The
data collected in many expeditions allowed him to trace the pathway of Antarctic
Bottom Water, from the Antarctic Weddell Sea to the North Atlantic. One can
hardly imagine all the difficulties he had to overtake to organize these expeditions
including finances, logistics, technical, and weather conditions that were on the way
to his goal. For example, the choice of the locations of stations in individual
fractures was sometimes similar to finding a needle in a haystack. Deployments of
moorings in narrow fractures at strictly specified points also required mental and
physical efforts of the scientists and crew. However, everything was done, and the
moorings were recovered. The book on the flows in the abyssal channels for many
years will be a complete description of the flows of the bottom water and Antarctic
influence in these specific regions of the ocean.
No doubt that the success of Eugene’s work on this logistically difficult problem
of Antarctic water spreading was provided by his organizing talent and a unique
ability to find the solution of the problems in any situation, even when other people
could not do this. He always keeps the scientific line formulated in the 19th century
by the first Russian oceanographer admiral S.O. Makarov: “We write what we see;
we do not write what we do not see”. In other words, Eugene in his personal
publications or in the publications with coauthors never allowed presenting the
desired result as the real one. He knows that facts but not fantasies are the scientific
basis. Everything, which is not supported by facts, cannot be trusted.
The time when Eugene entered our oceanographic science became the period of
one of the active and fruitful missions of scientists to study the features of the
World Ocean that demand the multidisciplinary organizing research work. Eugene
has selected professionalism, timeliness, and accuracy as the necessary qualities of
his work. He always concentrates on the main features of research. His work at the
Institute facilitated the appearance of new significant scientific ideas among
the colleagues. Owing to his initiative the modern approaches and technologies of
the scientific research were practically implemented. These qualities of Eugene
were recognized within the Shirshov Institute and well beyond it. For instance, in
2011, he was elected President of the International Association for the Physical
Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO). We hope that his energy will help the promotion
and progress of the new ideas that will help humanity in the research and understanding of the World Ocean.
New Steps of the Modern Oceanography: Reminiscences of My Work …
17