Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
The Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology (SIO) RAS, Russian: Институт океанологии им. П. П. Ширшова РАН) in Moscow, is the premier research institution for ocean and earth science in Russia, established in 1946. It is part of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The institute is named after Pyotr Shirshov, who founded it in 1946. Amongst others, Andrei Monin served as director.
Fleet
- RV Akademik Ioffe (ru:Академик Иоффе (судно))
- RV Akademik Sergey Vavilov
- RV Akademik Mstislav Keldysh
- RV Professor Shtokman (ru:Профессор Штокман (судно))
- RV Rift
- RV Akvanaft
- MIR (submersible)
- RV Vityaz (ru:Витязь (судно)) - not active since 1979; now a museum in Kaliningrad.
See also
- Nikolai M. Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography
- List of Russian oceanographers
External links
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