Arctic expedition of the nuclear icebreaker "Lenin" (1961)

Members of the expedition to the North Pole install and adjust one of the automatic radio and weather instruments on the deck of the icebreaker Lenin.

View of the bow of the icebreaker.

Radio antenna installed on an ice floe.

Installation of automatic weather equipment in polar night conditions.

One of the expedition members measures wind speed.

Drilling a hole for an automatic weather instrument in a blizzard and polar night.

Members of the expedition led by Vladimir Moroz install radio masts on an ice floe in polar night conditions.

View of the deployed antenna.

The national flag of the USSR on the icebreaker Lenin.

The icebreaker Lenin while parked in the ice, in the polar night, with a searchlight shining in all directions.

The icebreaker Lenin moves through the ice in polar night conditions.

The flag of the USSR on the topmast.

The face of one of the icebreaker's officers.

A leaf from a flip calendar with the date October 14. Icebreaker officers on the captain's bridge.

The icebreaker "Lenin" is moving through the ice.

View of part of the icebreaker's bow deck, breaking ice.

View of the icebreaker's bow.

An inscription on one of the boxes with cargo intended for the "North Pole-10" station.

Plotting a course on a map.

The icebreaker "Lenin" is moving through the ice, breaking pack ice, views of the icebreaker's sides.

Interior views and a panorama of parts of the icebreaker's engine room.

Engineers-operators at work.

The face of one of the engineers.

A board with toggle switches.

Icebreaker officers on the captain's bridge during night watches.