The Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1957–59) was led by Yevgeny Tolstikov on the continent and included Czech future astronomer Antonín Mrkos; the marine expedition on the Ob was led by I V Maksimov.
Two diesel-electric ships were used to transport the expedition. RV Ob (flagship; captain I. A. Man [ru]) and Kooperatsiya (captain A S Yantselevich), used mainly as a transport vessel. The ships arrived in Antarctica in November – December 1957. Together with the ships' crews the expedition consisted of 445 men, of whom 183 were scheduled for wintering.
The tasks of the expedition were:
Relief of the 1956–1958 continental expedition and continuation of the IGY programme
Organisation of the Sovetskaya station at the pole of relative inaccessibility
Continuation of tractor-sledge traverses in central Antarctica
Oceanographic work on the Ob in the southern oceans, and cartography of the coast from Mirny to the Bellingshausen sea
The programme included 6 stations: (Mirny; Vostok; Sovetskaya; Oasis; Pionerskaya and Komsomol'skaya).
The first tractor-train to the interior left on 26 December, with 32 men. On 2 January 1958 the train arrived at Pionerskaya, and left again on the 8th. On the 17th they reached Komsomol'skaya; conditions of travel were difficult. A portion of the train (7 tractors and sledges) left on the 20th to relieve Vostok, arriving on the 27th, and delivering over 100 tons of cargo. On the 28th the train left for Komsomol'skaya, arriving on the 31st. On 3 February the train, with 27 men, left to found Sovetskaya; they reached 78° 24′ S, 87° 35′ E on the 10th, at an altitude of 3570 m. The station was rapidly constructed, and the train left on the 18th, returning to Mirny on 4 March, having completed a round trip of 4,000 km (2,500 mi).
After spending the Antarctic winter at Mirny, the Expedition undertook a second set of tractor traverses starting in September 1958. One team reached the pole of inaccessibility and established The Pole of Inaccessibility station there on 14 December.
and 26 Related for: 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition information
Geological Survey AntarcticExpedition 1957 – Scott Base established 1957–1958 – Luncke Expedition 1957–1959 – 3rdSovietAntarcticExpedition – led by Yevgeny...
The Second SovietAntarcticExpedition was led by Aleksei Treshnikov on the continent; the marine expedition on the "Ob" was led by I. V. Maksimov. The...
the 3rdSovietAntarcticExpedition. Its WMO ID is 89550. Equipment and personnel were delivered by an Antarctic tractor convoy operated by the 3rd Soviet...
The First SovietAntarcticExpedition was led by Mikhail Somov; his scientific deputy was V. G. Kort [ru]. The expedition lasted from 30 November 1955...
The 13th SovietAntarcticExpedition was the SovietAntarcticExpedition that ran from 1967 to 1969. The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov...
The Eleventh SovietAntarcticExpedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica, based at Mirny Station. The expedition did research into...
The 28th SovietAntarcticExpedition was an expedition to Antarctica undertaken by the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic from 1982 to 1984...
Fourth SovietAntarcticExpedition was an expedition in Antarctica led by Aleksandr Gavrilovich Dralkin. According to Soviet News: The expedition ... made...
Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National AntarcticExpedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions...
The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British AntarcticExpedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest...
reach than the geographic South Pole. On 14 December 1958, the 3rdSovietAntarcticExpedition for International Geophysical Year research work, led by Yevgeny...
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British AntarcticExpedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by...
The 9th SovietAntarcticExpedition was the SovietAntarcticExpedition that ran from 1963 to 16 March 1965. The expedition was led by Dr. Mikhail Somov...
The Belgian AntarcticExpedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the...
Inaccessibility. The range was discovered by the 3rdSovietAntarcticExpedition in 1958 and is named for Soviet geophysicist Grigoriy A. Gamburtsev. It is...
Northern Expedition List of cosmonauts List of explorers Northern Sea Route Russian Geographical Society Siberian River Routes SovietAntarcticExpeditions Soviet...
The Twelfth SovietAntarcticExpedition was an expedition by the Soviet Union to Antarctica. During this expedition, a new method was used for measuring...
The Australasian AntarcticExpedition was a 1911–1914 expedition headed by Douglas Mawson that explored the largely uncharted Antarctic coast due south...
The Ross expedition was a voyage of scientific exploration of the Antarctic in 1839 to 1843, led by James Clark Ross, with two unusually strong warships...
The Swedish AntarcticExpedition of 1901–1903 was a scientific expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld and Carl Anton Larsen. It was the first Swedish endeavour...
involvement in Antarctic research. Another important precursor to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration was the Dundee AntarcticExpedition of 1892–93 in...
Services AntarcticExpedition 2012 Committee for Environmental Protection of Antarctica Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty CCAMLR Commission Antarctic Heritage...
Global Information