JAN CZERSKIJAN CZERSKIPolish explorer, who made Polish explorer, who made the first geological map of the first geological map of

Baikal Lake coast Baikal Lake coast

( the deepest lake in the ( the deepest lake in the world)world)

Jan Czerski

Jan Stanisław Franciszek Czerski (1845–1892) was a Polish paleontologist (osteologist), geologist, geographer and explorer of Siberia.

Jan Czerski

A self-taught scientist, he eventually received three gold medals from the Russian Geographical Society, and his name was given to a settlement, two mountain ranges, several peaks and other places.

Jan Czerski

He took part in the expeditions to Sayan Mountains, Irkut River Valley and Lower Tunguska River. During four expeditions (1877–1881) Czerski has explored the valley of the Selenga river and he published a study concerning Baikal, explaining the origin of the lake and presenting the geological structure of East Siberia.

Selenga River in Russia

Jan Czerski

Perhaps the most notable of these expeditions was the study of the geological structure of the coast of the Lake Baikal. The result of this work was the first geological map of that coast, a map for which Czerski was decorated with the gold medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences (he received three total during his career [1]) and for has received an international award in Bologna,

Jan Czerski

• He died in 25 June 1892 during an expedition to Kolyma, Yana and Indigirka Rivers. He was buried near the Omolon River. Omolon River in northeast Siberia

(Russia)

Jan Czerski

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