Frederichsen Viktor Vladimirovich 
(1918–18.03.1978)

Arctic hydrograph, honorary polar explorer. 
Born in Leningrad. His father died of typhus shortly after the birth of his son. The boy received his surname from his stepfather, who had Norwegian roots. 
After receiving secondary education in 1937, Frederichsen entered the Hydrographic Institute (later Higher Arctic Maritime School named after S.O. Makarov), which he managed to finish because of the war only ten years later. Already in June 1941, he was registered in Giprorrechtrans for a technician position on surveys on small rivers, and later worked as a senior technician and head of a survey party. Only in 1945, he was able to continue his studies at Higher Arctic Marine School Higher Arctic Maritime School named after S.O. Makarov, after receiving a diploma as an engineer-hydrograph, Frederichsen went to work at the Main Directorate of the Northern Sea Route. 
The first independent work of Frederichsen in the Arctic was the measurement of the Gulf of Ob from a small schooner "Captain Khromtsov". Then for several years he conducted hydrographic work on the east coast of Novaya Zemlya, and later wintered on  Vize Island, and in recent years was the chief engineer of a large expedition on Severnaya Zemlya. Frederichsen did many thousands of Arctic kilometers on foot, on deer and dogs, on tractors and all-terrain vehicles. Do not count the distances covered by them on ships, airplanes and helicopters. 
S.V. Popov, which knew Frederichsen,  noted that “there was something in Frederichsen from the polar explorers of the Nansen and Amundsen pores - loyalty to duty, perseverance, deep understanding of a harsh region. But he did not recognize the sporting excitement in the Arctic, considered it harmful and unnecessary. He treated the Arctic respectfully, without familiarity, but also without excessive enthusiasm. A person who did not know him could have taken Viktor Vladimirovich as a scientist, musician, and a successful artist, but not as a polar explorer, most of whose life he spent in the tundra and the Arctic seas”.  
Frederichsen not only seemed to be an intellectual, he really was: neat, calm and friendly even in the most extreme situations. He was well versed in art, played music well, loved and appreciated his home and family. 
Frederichsen retired in 1977 and lived only one year without the Arctic. Died in Leningrad, buried in the Northern cemetery. 
The island at the top of the bay Gafner Fjord in the Kara Sea. 
An island at the mouth of the river Tambay in the Ob Bay.