Chertkov Dmitry Timofeevich
(? - November 1941)

The captain of the sea, the head of the units of the Arctic expeditions.
Studied with G.Ya. Sedov in the sailing classes named after Count Kotzebue in Rostov-on-Don (in the future - the Marine College named after G.Ya. Sedov).
Since 1909 - the captain of the port ship, the icebreaker "Fanagoria".
In 1911, thanks to the Fanagoria in Rostov, two major fires were extinguished. One of them occurred in April, when the buildings on the corner of Bogatyanovsky descent and Nizhne-Boulevard Street caught fire. The pumping station of the Rich Well could not provide filling of fire barrels and only the “Phanagoria” that arrived in time helped to cope with the fire. A wide pipe was thrown from the steamer, through which a powerful stream of water flooded the fire. A little later, in the same year, a fire swept over the Karsh brothers tannery on the Nakhichevan coast opposite the 9th line. The Rostov fortress fire brigade, the Nakhichevan fire brigade, a steam engine, two steam locomotives and the "Fanagoria" icebreaker were involved in the extinguishing. After 6 hours, we managed to extinguish the flaming plant with joint efforts.
In 1912, Chertkov participated in the expedition of G. Ya. Sedova on the sailing-steam schooner "Holy Great Martyr Phoca" to the north pole, after which he remained to work in the north.
In the years 1915-1921. Chertkov commanded the icebreakers "Vladimir Rusanov" and "Stepan Makarov". During 1921-1939 as captain of the icebreaker Malygin, he led the units of Arctic expeditions, including in 1921 - the first expeditionary flight with scientific staff of the newly created Plavmornin in the Barents and Kara Seas.
In 1928, "Malygin" under the command of Chertkov participated in the search for the expedition of Umberto Nobile on the airship "Italy" and was sandwiched in ice in the area from the island of Hope. Aircraft manned by polar pilot M.S. Babushkin flew out in search, got on the ice twice, but returned to the ship due to the storm. Coming out of the ice, Malygin continued to survey the areas of the Barents Sea east of Svalbard.
In 1939, Chertkov was deprived of his ranks and posts, returned to Rostov-on-Don, where he took command of the Stepan Makarov icebreaker transferred to the south.
November 17, 1941 the icebreaker under the command of Chertkov left Tuapse in the direction of the besieged Sevastopol. It was assumed that, in addition to delivering ammunition and food, the icebreaker will transport the leader of the Black Sea Fleet cruiser “Tashkent” to the main base of the Black Sea Fleet. But the meeting did not take place, and the cruiser entered the base on his own.
The icebreaker disappeared without a trace. Searches continued until November 26, but yielded no results. Much later, a radiogram was found in the Central Naval Archive sent from the icebreaker: “It was blown up by a mine. Drowing. Send the boats". So Dmitry Timofeevich Chertkov died.
Cape of the Russian harbor on the Barents coast of the northern island of Novaya Zemlya. Named in 1930 by the expedition of the Arctic Institute on the icebreaker “G. Sedov".