High-latitude Arctic expedition on the nuclear icebreaker "Sibir" to the North Pole

May 8-25, 1987. Arctic. Ice reconnaissance from the Mi-2 helicopter over the Arctic ice to select the route of the high-latitude Arctic expedition led by Artur Nikolaevich Chilingarov on the nuclear icebreaker Sibir, heading to the North Pole to evacuate the Soviet scientific research drifting polar station North Pole-27 and organize the polar station North Pole-29 in the Laptev Sea. The exact date and location of the shooting are not established. Roman Denisov/TASS