North Pole (1955)

Views of the Moscow Kremlin.

The chimes on the Spasskaya Tower strike.

Radio hosts begin the morning news.

The clock on the wall.

The host gives the weather report.

Research station at the North Pole.

Articles in newspapers and magazines.

Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI), meeting of scientists.

AARI Director V.V.Frolov. M.E.Ostrekin. M.M.Somov. A.F.Loktionov. A.F.Tryoshnikov.

Scientists at the table.

Cartoon: territorial division of the North Pole.

Cartoon: Northern Sea Route, emergence of new cities.

Airplane over the sea.

Panorama of the coastal zone.

Cargo ships at the berths.

Unloading ships.

Ice of the Arctic Ocean.

The icebreaker clears the way.

Pack ice.

Ships in ice traps.

Photographs.

Polar research station.

A meteorologist checks a weather station.

View of a residential building.

People riding a dog sled.

A radio mast.

Meteorologists take readings from instruments.

Launching a probe.

Intercut with a view of the station from a helicopter, a scientist recording instrument data.

Cartoon: the emergence of polar stations in the coastal zone.

An airplane lands in the ice.

Map of the Arctic seas.

An airplane flies over the pole.

A drifting scientific station.

A scientist knocks snow off the wires.

A meteorologist makes regular rounds of the station and records instrument readings.

Measuring snow temperature.

Observing the sun, recording solar energy consumption.

Clouds.

Preparing to launch a radiosonde.

The probe rises up.

Cartoon: The probe works in different layers of the atmosphere.

A scientist receives and records the probe's signals.

Cartoon: The probe rises higher, the balloon bursts.

The scientist records the data.

Reception and transmission of weather reports from stations.

Cartoon: Movement of Arctic air masses.

A drifting station.

A blizzard during the passage of a cyclone.

A man walks toward a tent, holding on to a rope.

A man leaves the tent and walks through the snow.

A blizzard covers air transport.

A meteorologist goes to check the station.

A group of scientists.

Launching a probe.

Cracks in the ice, the advance of hummocks.

Scientists go to examine the ice.

Cartoon: movement of the anticyclone area.

Snow in the southern zones, frosts in the gardens.

Melting of polar ice.

Scientists take samples, moving around the camp in an inflatable boat.

Ice in the water.

A view of a drifting station from the water.

Hydrologists study underwater ocean currents using a current meter and a bathometer.

Cartoon: the direction of underwater currents.

The polar current carries ice.

Cartoon: the influence of an iceberg on the movement of ice floes.

Cartoon: description of the law of ice drift using isobars.

Cartoon: an example of an ice drift forecast.

Sunset over the camp.

The onset of the polar night.

The helicopter comes in for a landing at the signal of the searchlight.

The meteorologist takes readings from the instruments.

Scientists work by torchlight.

Polar aviation aircraft.

The pilot looks out of the cockpit.

The plane takes off.

A group of scientists on board.

The navigator plots a route.

Cartoon: shift of magnetic meridians in the area of the North Pole.

The navigator talks to the pilot on the radio.

The plane lands.

Scientists unload equipment.

Checking the thickness of the ice.

Preparing a point for ocean research.

Explosion.

Scientists work near the plane.

Cartoon: the developed part of the North Pole.

Cartoon: the Arctic Ocean, exploration of the depths.

Participants of the air expedition set up a tent.

Oceanographers measure the ocean depth (the work of scientists, instrument readings and cartoon with notes on changes in the bottom level).

Radio operators transmit messages.

Cartoon: measurements and bottom relief.

Experiments to study the composition of deep waters.

Mobile research camp.

Scientists catch plankton.

Studying samples in the laboratories of the AARI. Cartoon: mapping the ocean floor.

Professor Ya.

Ya.

Gakkel.

Map-scheme of the underwater mountain range.

Lomonosov Ridge.

The boundary between ice and water.

Drifting station SP-3. Helicopter above the station.

Pilots in the cockpit.

Alternation: Arctic panoramas, helicopter in the air, scientists mapping the ice.

The observatory plane takes off.

The pilot at the controls.

Clouds.

Forecasters taking atmospheric samples.

Airplane engine.

Forecasters filling out a weather log.

Airplane in the sky.

Shot from the window.

Airplane landing.

Dikson Arctic Sea Port Authority.

Reception and transmission of radiograms.

AARI forecasters compile weather maps. A.A.Girs receives the map.

Cartoon: movement of air masses. A.A.Girs.

Ice forecast service specialists compile maps for the movement of polar vessels.

Glavsevmorput, control room meeting. O.N.Komova reports the weather forecast. V.F.Burkhanov chairs the meeting.

Hydrologist reports on ice conditions.

Discussion of ship routes based on the operational map.

An airplane flies overhead.

The icebreaker paves the way.

Alternation: polar landscapes, the icebreaker follows the airplane, the navigator-hydrologist compiles a map.

The airplane flies up to the icebreaker.

Dropping the map onto the deck.

The airplane above the deck.

The sailor picks up the map.

View of the deck from above.

The crew looks at the map.

Views of the ocean from the icebreakers.

An ice reconnaissance helicopter takes off from the deck.

View from the cockpit.

Intercut with: ice landscapes, helicopter circling over open water.

Helicopter returning to deck.

Ocean views from the icebreaker.

Porthole.

Ocean waves.

Ships in open water.