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Oct 04, 1916 Semey, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1915)
Russian explorer
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About Pavel Senko
- Pavel Kononovich Senko (Russian: ????? ????????? ??????) (October 4, 1916 – 2000) was a Soviet polar explorer, scientist, and member and leader of numerous expeditions to Arctic Ocean and Antarctica under the auspices of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute and Soviet Antarctic Expedition. There is a valley at the bottom of Arctic Ocean named after him : Senko Valley from 87° 04’ N 97° 00’ W to 87° 45’ N 101° 10’ W . There is a mountain named after him in Antarctica: Senko Mountain at 71° 25,2’ S 12° 46,8’ E on the Zavaritsky Ridge. He was leader of the winter party and officer-in-charge of Mirny Station on the 9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition and lead several expeditions subsequently.
- His name had shown up in the 1997 edition of "The Guinness Book of records" as one of the four "first people to have indisputably reached the North Pole at ground level exactly 90°00`00" (+-300m) on April, 23, 1948" [1]
