Scientists, such as Alexander Karpinsky, Alexander Fersman, Yuly Shokalsky, Nikolai Knipovich, Lev Berg, Otto Schmidt, Rudolf Samoylovich, Vladimir Vize, Nikolai Zubov, Pyotr Shirshov, Nikolai Urvantsev, and Yakov Gakkel have all made their valuable contributions to the work of the AARI.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names | California Institute of Technology | Art Institute of Chicago | United States National Research Council | UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee | National Research Council | Institute for Advanced Study | American Institute of Architects | Georgia Institute of Technology | Arctic | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology | Franklin Institute | Royal Institute of Technology | Pasteur Institute | Institute of Contemporary Arts | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | Arctic Circle | California Institute of the Arts | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Film Institute | Arctic Ocean | Arctic Monkeys | Pratt Institute | National Cancer Institute | Virginia Military Institute | research | Cato Institute | Australian Institute of Sport |
Named in 1954 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Professor Otto Schmidt, director of the Arctic Institute at Leningrad in 1930-32, head of the Chief Administration of the Northern Sea Route in 1932-39, and leader of many Arctic expeditions.