Development of the Arctic (1932-1937)

Papanin I.D. among the expedition members at the airfield near the plane before the flight to the North Pole in March 1937. Cameraman Troyanovsky M. turns the camera handle.

Schmidt O.Yu. says goodbye to colleagues before the flight.

Pilot Vodopyanov M.V. goes to the plane.

Vodopyanov M.V. and his crew members are standing near the plane.

The face of Schmidt O.Yu.

The faces of pilots Vodopyanov M.V., Molokov V.S., Alekseev A.D., Pilot Mazuruk I.P. stands next to Schmidt.

The faces of the expedition navigator Spirin I.T. and pilot Golovin P.G. The face of the head of the wintering Papanin I.D. Vodopyanov and the crew members take their seats in the plane.

The polar aviation plane takes off for the flight to the North Pole on March 22, 1937. The planes taxi to the runway.

The plane takes off and heads for the North Pole.

View of the plane in flight (bottom).

The expedition planes in flight.

Polar aviation aircraft at the airfield before departure to the North Pole on March 22, 1937. View of the front of the aircraft, the propellers are rotating.

The face of Schmidt O. Yu.

Schmidt talks to the expedition members after the aircraft landed on the ice floe.

The expedition members listen to Schmidt's instructions.

Schmidt speaks to the expedition members, gives instructions on setting up the camp, among the winterers is Papanin I. D. The pilots stand by the aircraft, among them is Vodopyanov M. V. Raising the national flag of the USSR. The expedition members salute with rifles and revolvers.

Schmidt passes by the aircraft.

Schmidt and Vodopyanov in the aircraft cabin.

Panorama of the Arctic ice (above).

Polar aviation aircraft.

The expedition members wave their hands and hats after the departing aircraft.

View of the territory of the polar station.

Schmidt and the captain of the icebreaker "Sibiryakov" Voronin V.I. during the expedition of 1932. Ice overboard the icebreaker.

The icebreaker "Sibiryakov" goes through the ice, breaking ice.

Schmidt and Voronin on the captain's bridge. "Sibiryakov" goes through the ice.

The radio operator on the captain's bridge hands Schmidt the text of the radiogram, Schmidt reads it.

Schmidt's face during the meeting of the Chelyuskinites in Moscow on June 19, 1934. View of one of the Moscow squares filled with people during the meeting of the Chelyuskinites.

Faces of Muscovites greeting the Chelyuskinites.

The Chelyuskinites' motorcade moves through Moscow.

The steamship Chelyuskin sails through the ice.

The plane lands in the Chelyuskin camp.

Members of Chkalov's crew, flying along the "Stalin route", climb into the plane's cabin on Udd Island on July 22, 1936. The plane begins its takeoff run.

View of the Chelyuskin camp.