About the first Soviet expedition to Antarctic.
The Chief of the Northern Sea Route VF Burkhanov notice of his readiness expedition by the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences. Members of the expedition: MM Somov, KM Yakubov, A. Polikarpov, Babarykin V., V. Bulavkin and others. Assembly, packaging equipment, equipment for the expedition, loading on dizelelektrohod "Ob." Seeing the expedition in the port of Kaliningrad. The captain of the vessel IA Man instructs. Dizelelektrohod "Ob" departs from the pier, heading to the coast of Antarctica.
On the first Soviet expedition to the Antarctic.