Tsivolka Avgust Karlovich 
(1810–16.03.1839)

An outstanding researcher of the New Earth. 
Biographical data on the pre-Earth period of life of Tsivolki are extremely scarce and not accurate. It is known that he was born in Warsaw into a poor artistic family. Parents and he were prepared for the theatrical scene, but fate decreed otherwise. The boy was fond of books about travels and at the age of 18–19 went to Petersburg, where he entered to study in the first navigator's half-crew of the sea hull. Three years later, the best in knowledge, he was released in the rank of conductor of the Naval Navigator Corps and began service on the frigate Castor. In 1832, sailed from Kronstadt to Holland. 
In 1834 Tsivolka was appointed by the Hydrographic Department as the commander of the karbas “Kazakov” on the expedition P.K. Pakhtusov, engaged in the inventory of the New Earth. There were five sailors and two industrialists under the command of Tsivolki. After conducting astronomical and magnetic observations at the western entrance to the Matochkin Shar Strait, expedition tried to pass through the Strait into the Kara Sea, but could not overcome the ice and stayed for the winter. In the spring of next year, Tsivolka described the eastern coast of Novaya Zemlya on 160 km north of Matochkin Shar. In the summer of the same year, he and Pakhtusov on the Karbas tried to go along the western coast to the north, but the Carbas was crushed by ice. The team managed to escape with the help of industrialist A. Eremin to reach Matochkin Shar. On another karbas, also under the command of Pakhtusov, Tsivolk passed through the strait and carried out the most difficult part of the research - the inventory of the eastern coast of Novaya Zemlya to Pakhtusov Island. 
In 1837, Tzivolka was invited by the Academy of Sciences as commander of the Krotov schooner on an expedition to academician K.M. Baer. After the expedition of F. Rozmyslov, this expedition was the first, which, in addition to hydrographic observations, also conducted natural geological studies. In this regard, she has achieved excellent results. Up to 90 plant species and up to 70 invertebrate species were collected, and the geological structure was studied in detail at the sites. 
In 1838, Tsivolka in the rank of ensign of the Naval Navigator Corps led a hydrographic expedition on the schooners Novaya Zemlya and Spitsbergen. When leaving from Arkhangelsk to the sea, they found out that the ships have a different course. They decided to move separately and meet at Melky Bay, north of Matochkin Shar. After a month of sailing, “Svalbard” came under the command of S.А. Moiseev, and after another 11 days the ship Tsivolki arrived. Immediately after unloading, the observations began: they installed meteorological instruments, equipped the vessel. Subsequently, Baer gave the highest rating to the meteorological observations of this expedition, calling them "a treasure for meteorologists". 
Having completed the construction of winter quarters, Tsivolka with an inventory went to the northern tip of Novaya Zemlya. Due to poor health, he was soon forced to return and start preparing for the winter. In the meantime, his state of health deteriorated. In December, he could not leave the hut, and in mid-March, he died. 
The satellite and his assistant, Moses, said: "We buried our commander in a coffin, in the slaughter of snow under the southern cliff, with due honors". 
The home of the Tsivolki expedition was restored in 1955–1956, a memorial plaque was fixed. Near the grave Tsivolka and eight members of his expedition. On the grave there was a cross of 1839 with the inscription: “The ashes of the rest of ec.kf. Ensign Tsivolka ended his life on March 16, 1839, and another 8 people died during the winter from cynical disease from ministers. The cross was set to Moiseev".

Islands in the west of the archipelago of Nordensheld. Named in 1901 by E.V. Toll. 
Cape on the west coast of Novaya Zemlya in Melky Bay. Described in 1838 by Tsivolki expedition and mapped without a name on the map. Named by Soviet hydrographs.

The bay and the island at the entrance to the bay on the east coast of the northern island of New Earth. The name Gulf was given in 1897 by the Englishman Pearson, who visited this place on a Norwegian ship. The island was named in 1934 by Captain F. Schepetov.

The bay in the Sahankyha Bay and the cape in the east of the island Mezhdusharsky off the coast of the southern island of Novaya Zemlya. Named in 1930 by hydrographic North Hydrographic Expedition.