High level of his professionalism and experience as a field oceanographer made
possible to perform unique observations in the deep narrow channels in these
regions. The peculiarity of these experiments is that the temperature, salinity, and
velocity profiles must be measured at depths of 4000–5000 m with an accuracy of
positioning not exceeding 100 m, while the slopes of the channels are very
steep. Sometimes the width of the channel at the bottom was as narrow as 200 m
and the instruments were safely lowered almost to the bottom. The profiles stopped
at a distance of 2–5 m over the seafloor.
He conducted these measurements together with his colleagues from the Institute
of Oceanology and with the scientists from Germany and the Netherlands. His
researches became fundamental in our understanding of Antarctic Bottom Water
spreading in the Atlantic.
It is well known among oceanographers that the personality of a scientist is fully
revealed in long expeditions at sea. We spent almost a year with Eugene in three
long expeditions onboard the research ships in 1970, 1984, and 1989. We became
good friends. Eugene is a very sociable and communicative person. At the same
time, he is a very strict person with respect to himself and those people who work
with him. He showed his professional qualities during the field works in the ocean
on the deck and in the laboratory. He is a good manager of field works and
professional specialist in operation.
His targeted wish to gain the planned result allowed him to make contributions
to the solution of two important oceanographic problems. His authority is known by
many oceanographers around the world.
This note is a contribution of the chronology of his activity in oceanography.
Eugene is full of new plans. He is working to realize them. I am sure that new
interesting studies and publications will appear.
In all his life and scientific activity he was always aimed at the specific result,
which should be gained without any deviations aside.
In conclusion I would like to use the English saying: “I wish to have such a
neighbour!”
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possible to perform unique observations in the deep narrow channels in these
regions. The peculiarity of these experiments is that the temperature, salinity, and
velocity profiles must be measured at depths of 4000–5000 m with an accuracy of
positioning not exceeding 100 m, while the slopes of the channels are very
steep. Sometimes the width of the channel at the bottom was as narrow as 200 m
and the instruments were safely lowered almost to the bottom. The profiles stopped
at a distance of 2–5 m over the seafloor.
He conducted these measurements together with his colleagues from the Institute
of Oceanology and with the scientists from Germany and the Netherlands. His
researches became fundamental in our understanding of Antarctic Bottom Water
spreading in the Atlantic.
It is well known among oceanographers that the personality of a scientist is fully
revealed in long expeditions at sea. We spent almost a year with Eugene in three
long expeditions onboard the research ships in 1970, 1984, and 1989. We became
good friends. Eugene is a very sociable and communicative person. At the same
time, he is a very strict person with respect to himself and those people who work
with him. He showed his professional qualities during the field works in the ocean
on the deck and in the laboratory. He is a good manager of field works and
professional specialist in operation.
His targeted wish to gain the planned result allowed him to make contributions
to the solution of two important oceanographic problems. His authority is known by
many oceanographers around the world.
This note is a contribution of the chronology of his activity in oceanography.
Eugene is full of new plans. He is working to realize them. I am sure that new
interesting studies and publications will appear.
In all his life and scientific activity he was always aimed at the specific result,
which should be gained without any deviations aside.
In conclusion I would like to use the English saying: “I wish to have such a
neighbour!”
20
B. N. Filyushkin