2025 | Documentary | 90 min. | Russia
On September 15, 2024, the North Pole-42 expedition launched from Murmansk. More than 30 Russian scientists set off for the high Arctic on a self-propelled ice platform, the likes of which are unparalleled anywhere in the world. How is the unique research vessel "North Pole" constructed? Where do 3,700 tons of fuel and 80 tons of food go? What criteria do polar explorers use to select an ice floe for their drift? How do they build a research camp in the middle of the ocean? And what fundamental research do they conduct there? We will tell you about this and much more in the documentary film “North Pole”.