Arctic. In Memory of F. Nansen (1980-е)

Portrait of Norwegian polar explorer and international political figure Fridtjof Nansen.

Arctic landscape (panorama, top).

Panorama of the Arctic Ocean coast, an inflatable boat on the shore, a polar bear walking on a coastal ice floe.

Broken ice and mountains in the distance (top).

Arctic landscape (panorama, top).

Coastal landscape in Norway.

A tombstone with Nansen's name, under which an urn containing his ashes is buried at his estate "Pulhegde," an old spreading birch tree near the grave.

Members of the Soviet-British commemorative expedition to the North Pole, following the route taken by Nansen, pull an inflatable sled loaded with supplies and equipment.

One member of the expedition makes his way through snow hummocks, using ski poles.

The expedition moves through snow hummocks.

Members of the expedition pitch a collapsible tent and assemble a wind shelter made of snowballs.

The tent is pitched.

The sled with equipment is next to the pitched tent.

One member of the expedition climbs out of the tent and zips the entrance.

The expedition members zip the tent from the inside.

The tent and sled with equipment.

The face of an expedition member, covered by a wind mask.

The expedition members pull the sled with equipment, using ski poles.

The expedition members take a rest break.

The expedition members make their way through snow hummocks, blazing a trail.

A meeting of the expedition members.

Supplies delivered by helicopter are loaded onto sleds.

Soviet and British flags are planted on the ice.

The expedition members make their way through snow hummocks, walking away from the helicopter at dusk, illuminated by flares.