To the pole! (1979)

Training of the expedition members.

Expedition leader D.I.Shparo works out the route with navigator Yu.

Khmelevsky.

Quartermaster and cameraman V.Ledenev collects equipment.

Radio operator A.V.Melnikov works with communications equipment.

Doctor V.Davydov checks the equipment.

Second navigator V.Rakhmanov checks the geodetic equipment.

Worker V.Shishkarev installs ski bindings.

Polar station, preparing for the hike.

Panorama of polar ice.

View of the shores of Henrietta Island.

People unload equipment from a helicopter.

Start of the expedition on March 16, 1979. The helicopter crew sees off the expedition, a signal smoke bomb is burning.

Polar landscapes.

Pilots in the helicopter cockpit.

Panorama of ice, the expedition moves through an ice field.

Cartoon: the expedition route on the map.

Polar ice.

The expedition members ski through the ice hummocks.

The polar station radio operators talk to the travelers.

The group skis across the ice.

A rest stop, the people take off their backpacks and sit on them.

The expedition headquarters is working in the editorial office of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.

Polar ice under the wing of an airplane.

The pilot at the controls.

Panorama of the ice fields.

The navigator.

The airplane over the ocean.

The expedition radio operator.

Flying over the travelers' rest area.

The man holds a signal smoke bomb in his hand.

The airplane flies up to the expedition's camp site and drops its load.

A parachute with load.

The parachute lands at the camp (shot from the airplane).

The expedition members unpack the load.

The radio operator reports.

The parachute with load lands on the snow. V. Shishkarev carries the parcel and shows it to the cameraman.

The expedition members read letters.

The travelers wave at the departing airplane.

Snowstorm.

People skiing across snow fields.

Night stop, view of tent, man entering tent.

Skis in snow, snowstorm continues.

Doctor helps V. Ledenev to put eye drops.

Radio operators get in touch.

Lunch is being prepared. D.I. Shparo speaks on radio.

Melted ice.

People preparing to cross.

Crossing in rubber boat.

Expedition continues moving.

Crossing hummocks and thawed areas.

Latitude mark in snow.

Arctic fox tracks.

Expedition at rest.

Expedition headquarters working in Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper office.

Travelers catching sun and recording their location.

Expedition moves forward.

Climbing uphill on foot with skis in hand.

People walking on broken skis.

USSR flag at North Pole.

Expedition members standing next to flag and waving to cameraman.

Banner.

May 31, 1979, the ceremonial completion of the crossing, a group of journalists and photo correspondents are at the pole.

People sign documents.

Photographers.

Raising the USSR flag.

Faces of the expedition participants.

The flag of I.D. Papanin's expedition.

Portraits of famous Russian polar explorers.

Those meeting congratulate the members of the expedition.

People light signal smoke bombs.

The traditional round dance "Around the World in a Minute".

Panorama of polar ice, a plane flies over the ocean.

Alternation: sleeping travelers, polar ice, the expedition moving through a snowstorm, a ceremonial meeting of the heroes in Moscow.