Anton and Dmitriy: two Russian members of Scott's last expedition

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Dunbar, Moira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1971
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Omel'chenko; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400061477; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400061477

In the popular science journal Nauka i Zhizn' [Science and Life] , No 10,1969, there is an article by N. Bolotnikov on the two Russians who took part in Scott's last expedition, Anton Omel'chenko, stable-man, and Dmitriy “Geroff”, dog-driver, giving information on their lives before and after the expedition. Both these men are spoken of very warmly in Scott's journal. They appear to have been excellent fellows, who not only worked hard and devotedly with their respective charges, but also got along very well with their British messmates, and it is interesting to know a little more about them.