Expedition to Rudolf Island (1932)

A seagull flies over the water.

Members of the expedition to Rudolf Island on the deck of the icebreaker "Malygin".

The navigator checks the course at the compass.

Plotting a course on the map in the chart room.

Ice floes on the water outside the icebreaker.

Members of the expedition on the bow deck of the icebreaker.

Panorama of the ice outside the ship.

Ice floes on the water.

Ice being broken by the icebreaker.

Lifeboat on davits.

Broken ice outside the icebreaker.

View of the funnel and deck superstructures of the icebreaker.

Arctic sea landscape.

Members of the expedition on the deck of the icebreaker observe the sea through binoculars and film.

Seascape.

One of the members of the expedition at the door of the erected building.

Panorama of part of Rudolf Island, Arctic seascapes, icebreaker at anchor.

Unloading property from the icebreaker.

Laying down boards for sleds to pass through a crevice in the ice.

Expedition members delivering property to the construction site of the polar meteorological station on Rudolf Island.

A surveyor dodging snowballs at a tripod.

A surveyor running away from snowballs with a tripod in his hands (staging).

Panorama of the territory of the future polar station.

Expedition members carrying building materials and property to the construction site of the meteorological station buildings.

Panorama of the territory of the future polar station.

Construction of wooden houses for housing and scientific research.

Panorama and views of the construction of the meteorological station on Rudolf Island.

The icebreaker "Malygin" at anchor near the island.

The departing icebreaker, panorama of the coast, people on the coast.

Views and landscapes of Rudolf Island.

Panorama of the first erected buildings of the new meteorological station.

One of the expedition leaders on the deck of the icebreaker.

One of the expedition members on the island checks and prepares a signal flare gun for firing.

Expedition members conduct a topographic survey of the area.

View of the island coast from the icebreaker.

Taking samples of seawater.

Conducting scientific research and experiments on board the icebreaker.

Taking seawater to measure its temperature, expedition members take a water sample, pour it into containers, and record the data.

A bottle with a water sample in the hands of an expedition member.

Conducting scientific experiments on the deck of the ship.

One of the expedition members conducts research using a special device and records the readings of the device in a notebook.

Expedition members play with a polar bear on the deck.

Expedition members prepare scientific instruments for research and experiments on board the ship.

Taking readings from one of the instruments.

One of the expedition members at the ship's electrical panel.

View of the electrical panel.