Petozero: Death Station

In January 1993, contact with the polar station “Petezera” was lost forever. Senior mechanic Viktor Bekhterev was the last one to transmit. On January 19 at 2:05, he sent a message stating that all base personnel were dead. At 4:31 a.m., the station went under a glacier along with everyone who was there. The mystery of the “Petezera” deaths remains unsolved to this day.

What were the scientific staff doing at the base in their final days? What exactly caused the tragedy? And why, even in this tangled and tragic story, are there still so many blank spots? Finally, what did the research team—steadfastly determined to bury all the dark secrets of “Petezera” along with them—keep silent about?