Research vessel "Vityaz" (1975-1979)

The radio operator of the research vessel Vityaz checks the operation of the instruments and control and measuring equipment, looks through the observation log.

The expedition members check the operation of the computer center equipment on board the vessel.

The captain and his assistant in the ship's control room.

The process of controlling the vessel, the ship's officers take readings from the control and measuring equipment, give commands to the navigation bridge by turning the handles of the engine room telegraph.

Checking the operation of the ship's machines.

The process of controlling the vessel from the wheelhouse.

Research scientists on board the vessel collect various samples of seawater.

Sampling the net onto the deck, studying organisms taken from the bottom.

Conducting research on board the vessel.

An employee of the computer center at work.

A scientist examines representatives of the marine fauna through a microscope, compares them with images in an atlas.

Scientists examine fossils extracted from the seabed.

The radio operator begins transmitting.