Material handling equipment for Antarctic expeditions on the diesel-electric ship "Mikhail Somov" in Leningrad seaport. Meetings on the wire members of the expedition to Antarctica. Speakers: VD Klokov, ES Korotkevich. Present: R. M. Galkin, V. Efremenko, E. Novohotsky, A. Kochetkov, VN Perrin and others. The expedition climb the ladder to the ship. Diesel-electric ship "Mikhail Somov" departs from the pier.