Roman Fedorovich Gekker (1900-1991)

ID: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1874]

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Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1938

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1874

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Summary

Roman Fedorovich Gekker (1900-1991), paleontologist and geologist, USSR Academy of Sciences Paleontological Institute, who led an expedition to Wrangel Island to find a preserved mammoth body.

Subject

  • Gekker, R. F (Roman Fedorovich) 1900-1991
  • USSR Academy of Sciences Paleontological Institute

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-1874

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1938

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Topic

  • Scientific expeditions
  • Geology
  • Woolly mammoth
  • Paleontology
  • Mammoths

Place

  • Wrangel Island (Russia)
  • Arctic regions

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2008-1874]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints

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