Secret meeting on the Arctic Circle
Fridtjof Nansen was born on October 10, 1861 near Christiania (now Oslo) in the manor of Sture-Freen. His father Baldur Nansen was a successful...
Six years and four months of polar robinsonade
It seemed that the polar Robinsons had no chance to survive, but they lived on a desert island year after year and were not...
The Mystery of Cook’s Journey
On his first Arctic expedition, in which fate first brought him together with Robert Peary.
Looking through the newspapers, I came across an ad about...
A premonition of trouble?
In 1912, three Russian polar expeditions went to the northern latitudes at once. Only one of them, having lost its leader G. Ya. Sedov,...
Frederick Cook at the North Pole
In 25 days, having covered 365 miles, Cook reaches the starting line. During this time, he significantly replenishes food supplies due to successful hunting....
Instead of north to south!
Worldwide fame fell on Amundsen like a wave. He is greeted with delight in European countries and in the USA, he gives lectures, publishes...
Where everyone will disappear, there the Russian will survive!
This dramatic story began in the summer of 1743, when merchant Yeremey Okladnikov from the city of Mezen, Arkhangelsk province, equipped a sailing and...
We are not local ourselves...
Scientists: your weight depends on the length of the day!
Can't gain weight? Or get in shape, lose extra pounds? Look at the calendar. Most likely, it is he who is the main cause...
But take a look!
“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
