Yevgeny Tolstikov

Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov (Russian: Евге́ний Ива́нович То́лстиков; 9 February 1913 – 3 December 1987) was a Soviet polar explorer who was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union in 1955 for heading the station "North Pole 4" for a year starting in April 1954.^[1][2] He led the Third Soviet Antarctic Expedition and one of the first manned drifting ice stations in the Arctic.^[3]

Yevgeny Ivanovich Tolstikov
Евгений Иванович Толстиков
Born	9 February 1913 Tula, Russian Empire
Died	3 December 1987 (aged 74) Moscow, USSR
Citizenship	Russian Empire Soviet Union
Known for	leading 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

After the expedition he worked as deputy chief of the State Committee for Hydrometeorological Service Management.^[4][5]

A minor planet 3357 Tolstikov discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos in 1984 is named after him.^[6]