Nuclear icebreaker "Arktika" conquers the North Pole (1977)

View of a convoy of ships with the icebreaker Arktika moving through the ice (top).

The nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika is moving through the ice, panorama of the icebreaker's superstructure.

Interior view of the captain's cabin of the Arktika.

Panorama of part of the ice field, a polar bear is running across the field (top).

View of the bow of the icebreaker and part of the ice field.

Breaking ice.

Arctic landscape (top).

View of part of the icebreaker's superstructure.

Captain of the icebreaker Arktika Yuri Kuchiev in the captain's cabin, Kuchiev's face.

Ice overboard the icebreaker.

The icebreaker Arktika is moving through the ice past the ice hummocks.

The navigator is over the map.

Arctic landscape from the deck of the icebreaker.

The radio operator of a polar aviation aircraft maintains contact with the icebreaker.

Kuchiev negotiates by radio with the aircraft from the captain's cabin.

One of the aircraft's propellers is rotating.

View of the bow of an icebreaker moving through the ice.

Breaking ice overboard (top), ships moving in the wake of the icebreaker.

The icebreaker Arktika breaks a path through the ice.

Breaking pack ice.

Captain Kuchiev, officers of the Arktika and members of the expedition headquarters congratulate each other on reaching the North Pole.

The national flag of the USSR raised over the North Pole on August 17, 1977. A commemorative capsule is carried to be laid at the North Pole.

Panorama of the ceremonial rally on the occasion of reaching the North Pole, rally participants applauding.

Expedition participants and icebreaker crew members walk to the site of the ceremonial rally.

Four expedition participants carry the national flag of the USSR to the North Pole.

View of the rally site, a chain of people on an ice floe (top).

Raising the national flag of the USSR at the North Pole.

Faces of the expedition headquarters members.

The icebreaker "Arktika" at the North Pole, the USSR flag on the flagpole.

Members of the expedition give a gun salute in honor of reaching the North Pole.

The icebreaker "Arktika" leaves the North Pole, the USSR national flag installed at the North Pole (top).