Author, Bekh-Ivanov Dmitri, was born in 1957 in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg), Russia, graduated from Leningrad Mining University in 1979 as a geologist. In period 1979-1994 worked in geology on far east of Russia, Novosibirskie islands, in eastern & western Chukotka & on Franz Josef Land. From 1994 carries on business, but still interested in geology. E-Mail : dmitri6ex@gmail.com