The Arctic Faculty came into existence as a result of the founding of the Federal State Institution of the Northern Sea Route Administration at the Council of Ministers USSR on the 28th of April of year 1935.This new institute that focused on researching and developing hydrographic aspects managed to involve outstanding scientists and researchers headed by academician O.Y. Schmidt. At the same time, the institute’s scientific-educational branch gained a solid reputation as a result of the work of outstanding scientists like G.S. Maksimov, A.P.Belobrov, A.P.Yushenko, I.V. Maksimov, B.I. Nikiforov and I.A. Blinov.