Background
Astakhov, Valery Ivanovich was born on July 19, 1939 in Voznesensk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Astakhov, Valery Ivanovich was born on July 19, 1939 in Voznesensk, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Master of Science, Leningrad (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics) U., 1961; Doctor of Philosophy, Geological Institute, Leningrad, 1972.
Mapping geologist, Hydrogeol. Expedition, Leningrad, 1961-1968;
research scientist, Institute Remote Sensing for Geology, Leningrad, since 1971;
professor II, U. Bergen, Norway, since 1995;
research scientist, St. Petersburg (Russia) U., since 1997. Field explorer Northern Russia, various expeditions, since 1961.
Guest lecturer various university and geological surveys, Sweden, Canada, United States, Norway, since 1988. Visiting professor university courses on Svalbard, Norway, since 1996. Organizer expeditions to Russian Arctic, Russian-Norwegian Project Palaeoenviron. and Climate History of the Russian Arctic, since 1993.
Married Natalie N. Beiline.