On the Domes of the Earth

14 hrs. 0 min.

Popular Science

Language Russian

Author Mikhail Somov

Narrator Sergey Smirnov

Description

This audiobook by the well-known Soviet polar explorer, Hero of the Soviet Union, Doctor of Geographical Sciences Mikhail Mikhailovich Somov is a collection of his essays, documentary stories, and articles. An outstanding hydrologist and polar explorer, he worked in ice aerial reconnaissance, traveled with I.D. Papanin along the Northern Sea Route for the first time in one navigation eastward and back, courageously defended the Soviet Arctic from fascist aggressors, was among the first to fly to the North Pole, and headed the drifting station “North Pole-2.” M.M. Somov led the first Antarctic expedition to Antarctica, raised the red flag over Mirny, and headed the first inland campaign into the depths of Antarctica’s icy continent. The book vividly and engagingly tells about the wonderful people who overcame the harsh living conditions at the North and South Poles. Many of these materials were published partially or in full in our periodical press. For the first time, they are collected in one book.