Fedor Konyukhov is a world-famous universal traveler: a yachtsman, climber, polar explorer, balloonist, and artist. Somehow, all of this is combined in one person. The list of his world records takes several pages and keeps growing. The author of the book, Oskar Konyukhov, is the son, like-minded person, and manager of the famous traveler. He tells how the unique circumnavigation by air balloon was prepared with meticulous care and painstaking work—because such a project is a true challenge to the elements and to a person’s physical capabilities. It’s important to foresee, think through, and tie together hundreds of serious details.
This book is about what achievements are made of; it’s for those who turn dreams into reality. The edition includes unique color photographs of the flight and its preparation, diary entries, and documents from the archive of the expedition headquarters. 11 days at an altitude of 10,000 meters, 3 oceans and 3 continents, extreme weather conditions—and only one person. In autumn 2023, the film “The Lord of the Wind” was released, in which Fedor Bondarchuk played Fedor Konyukhov.