Admiral Kolchak was oceanographer on the Russian Polar 

 Expedition under Baron Toll, 1900-1903 (see "Ice in the Kara and 

 Siberian Seas" [in Russian], Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, Ser. 8, Vol. 26, 

 No. I, St. Petersburg, 1909; "Preliminary Account of an Expedition 

 to Bennett Island to Help Baron Toll" [in Russian], Izv. Imp. 

 Akad. Nauk, Ser. 5, Vol. 20, No. 5, St. Petersburg, 1904; charts 

 Nos. 681 and 712 of the Russian Hydrographic Office; and "Last 

 Expedition to Bennett Island in Search of Baron Toll, Organized by 

 the Academy of Sciences" [in Russian], Izv. Imp. Russ. Geogr. 

 Obshchestva, Vol. 42, 1906). He served in the Russo-Japanese War, 

 1904-1905, and during the World War was appointed Commander of 

 the Black Sea fleet with the rank of rear admiral. He was active in 

 the political life of Russia until his death in 1920. 



