To the top of the planet (1977)

Panorama of the Arctic desert.

Arctic landscapes, the sun above the horizon, a drifting snow.

View of the bow of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika approaching an ice field.

View from on board the nuclear-powered icebreaker.

The captain and officers on the bridge of the nuclear-powered icebreaker.

Head of the expedition, USSR Minister of the Marine Fleet T.B. Guzhenko among the officers on the bridge.

Guzhenko talks about the scientific and practical goals of the expedition, the route of the nuclear-powered icebreaker and the voyage to the North Pole (synchronously and off-screen).

View of the bow of the icebreaker from the captain's cabin.

The captain and officers on the bridge.

A field of broken ice.

Deputy Head of the expedition K.N. Chubakov on the bridge.

Chubakov talks about the expedition's route options (synchronously and off-screen), shows them on a globe.

Panorama of melting ice in the summer Arctic.

Captain of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika, Yury S. Kuchiyev, gives commands via radio on the bridge.

Kuchiyev talks about the excellent seaworthiness of the icebreaker entrusted to him and its previous voyages (synchronously and off-screen).

The icebreaker is moving through the ice.

Arktika during its voyage to the North Pole.

Panorama of the bow and superstructure of the icebreaker Lenin.

Meeting of the crews of the icebreakers Lenin and Arktika in the ice.

Faces of the crew members, sailors exchanging gifts.

Panorama of broken ice on the path of the icebreaker Arktika, the icebreaker is moving through the ice (from above).

Views of the icebreaker from different angles.

Kuchiyev gives commands on the bridge, reports by radio about the passage of the vessel.

The icebreaker is moving through the ice (from above).

Panorama of the deck superstructure of the icebreaker and ice breaking up overboard.

Navigator with binoculars on the bridge.

An aerial reconnaissance aircraft flies over an icebreaker.

Arctic summer landscape (panorama, from above).

A ship's helicopter takes off to reconnoiter the ice.

The pilot and navigator in the helicopter cabin.

The navigator makes notes on the map.

Guzhenko, Kuchiev and the expedition members discuss the route plotted on the maps on the captain's bridge.

The icebreaker moves forward, breaking the ice.

Sailors and scientists examine a map of the ice fields.

Multi-year pack ice overboard the icebreaker, mechanics and crew members at work, testing equipment in operation.

Mechanics' faces.

Breaking ice.

Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences N.S. Khlopkin speaks about the rigorous testing of the icebreaker's nuclear power plant, about the impeccable actions of the crew (synchronously and off-screen).

Views of the icebreaker's engine room and power plant.

Faces of the chief mechanic and his subordinates.

Interior view of the room with the control panel of the nuclear power plant.

Breaking ice, interior view of part of the icebreaker's wardroom.

Expedition participants watch the navigator plotting the route on the map of the Northern Sea Route hanging in the wardroom, faces of the expedition participants.

The icebreaker going through the ice.

Kuchiev talks about the difficult working conditions in the Arctic, the harsh nature and climate of the Arctic, about the human qualities necessary for working in the Arctic, talks about his subordinates (synchronously and off-screen), faces of the officers of the Arktika.

Icebreaker radio operator Metelkin maintains contact.

The face of ice reconnaissance officer Losev.

The face of the senior electrician of the Arktika.

The nuclear icebreaker Arktika is heading through the ice towards the North Pole.

Breaking pack ice outside the icebreaker.

View of the icebreaker's bow from the starboard side.

The navigator talks about the difficulties of plotting a course to the North Pole and guiding the icebreaker, about special maps with quasi-meridians (synchronously and off-screen).

The navigation group at work plotting a course.

One of the navigators draws a course and determines the vessel's location.

The icebreaker's navigators at work.

Switching the compasses to a special mode.

Breaking ice outside the icebreaker.

One of the navigators talks about the upcoming task of leaving the North Pole (synchronously and off-screen).

The icebreaker is plotting a route to the North Pole.

Broken ice outside the icebreaker.

Kuchiyev rearranges the date on the wall calendar, a panorama of the bookcase in the captain's cabin.

Crew members examine a pole found at the site of Georgy Sedov's expedition.

Newsreel from 1912: Sedov G. Ya. plots the course of his future expedition.

Sedov's group sets off for the North Pole on February 15, 1914. An ancient pole in the hands of the crew members, the inscription and date "1914" on the pole.

View of the bow of the icebreaker breaking through the ice.

Kuchiev on the captain's bridge gives commands, view of the bow of the icebreaker trapped in the ice (top).

Ice overboard the stationary icebreaker.

Navigators in the icebreaker's computer center.

Kuchiev's face.

Water seething astern.

View of the power plant in the engine room (top).

Views of the ice field, faces of the icebreaker crew members during maneuvering to escape the icy grip.

Translation of the handles of the engine telegraph.

Kuchiev gives commands by radio.

The bow of the icebreaker breaks the ice.

Kuchiev on the captain's bridge.

Ice and hummocks overboard the moving icebreaker.

Kuchiev and the icebreaker officers on the captain's bridge, the officers' faces.

Navigators plot a course on the map.

Icebreaker officers and scientists on the captain's bridge.

The hands of the navigator marking on the map the icebreaker's exit to a given point at the North Pole.

Arctic landscape at the North Pole on August 17, 1977. Guzhenko, Kuchiev and the expedition members on the captain's bridge congratulate each other on their arrival at the North Pole.

Raising the coloring flags over the icebreaker.

The expedition members carry the national flag of the USSR to the North Pole.

The icebreaker crew members and the expedition members walk to the site of the ceremonial rally.

View of the site of the rally (from above).

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

Faces of Guzhenko, expedition leaders and participants, and crew members during the raising of the flag and the performance of the USSR national anthem.

View of the ceremonial rally and the nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika at the North Pole.

A gun salute in honor of reaching the North Pole.

Newsreel from 1937: members of the expedition to the North Pole salute with guns and revolvers on May 12, 1937, standing near the plane.

Head of the polar station Papanin I.D. shakes hands with Schmidt O.Yu.

Polar explorers at the USSR national flag installed at the North Pole.

Kuchiev carries the flagpole of G. Sedov's expedition to the place where the USSR national flag will be installed.

Kuchiev installs the flagpole and takes off his headdress.

Delivery of the capsule with the draft Constitution and the text of the USSR national anthem.

Panorama of part of the ceremonial rally.

A woman carries fresh flowers.

Expedition participants walk around the flag installed at the North Pole.

Laying flowers at the base of the flagpole.

Expedition participants take photos for memory, faces of expedition participants.

Flag being hoisted over the icebreaker.

Panorama of the icebreaker, expedition participants waving their hands from the upper deck.

Icebreaker "Arktika" sets off on its return journey.

View of the ice field, "Arktika" leaving the North Pole, USSR flag at the North Pole (above).