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Otto Schmidt, leader of expedition to North Pole

Otto Schmidt (right), the leader of the expedition to the North Pole organized in 1937 to set up the first polar ice-based station, before the departure. Reprophoto.

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Pyotr Shirshov, Ernst Krenkel, Ivan Papanin, Yevgeny Fyodorov

From left: hydrologist Pyotr Shirshov, radioman Ernst Krenkel, head of the station Ivan Papanin, geophysicist Yevgeny Fyodorov at the opening of the first North Pole drifting ice station, June 6, 1937. Photo reproduction.

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SHMIDT VODOPYANOV NORTH POLE EXPEDITION

Sovier researcher Otto Shmidt (third left) and the USSR N-170 commander Soviet pilot Mikhail Vodopyanov (second left) talk with members of the Arctic expedition.

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DRIFTING STATION NORTH POLE-1

The North Pole-1 drifting station.

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DRIFTING STATION NORTH POLE-1

The North Pole-1 drifting station.

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SHMIDT SEVERNY POLYUS-1

Otto Shmidt (3d left) and the expedition team on the drifting station Severny Polyus-1.

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WEATHER OBSERVATIONS SP-1

Observing weather at the Severny Polyus -1 drifting station.

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HYDROLOGIST SHIRSHOV SP-1

Hydrologist Petr Shirshov at the Severny Polyus -1 drifting station.

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ARCTIC PAPANIN EXPEDITION

Ivan Papanin (2nd left) and participants in the expedition at the Severny Polyus -1 drifting station fixing the USSR flag in Arctic.

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METEOROLOGIST FEDOROV SP-1

Meteorologist Yevgeny Fedorov at the Severny Polyus -1 drifting station.

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