Polar diaries of a participant in the secret polar expeditions of 1949-1955.
39.99 €
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Polar diaries of a participant in the secret polar expeditions of 1949-1955.
39.99 €
Vitaly Volovich is a famous polar explorer, a participant of four Arctic expeditions, a flagship doctor of high-latitude air expeditions, a participant of the world's first parachute jump to the North Pole (1949); a military doctor - he was the first to examine Yuri Gagarin after his return from space, the founder of survival medicine in the USSR, the author of numerous books and diaries.
The book you are holding in your hands is the second edition of the diaries of Vitaly Georgievich Volovich - a unique, legendary man, a scientist with a capital letter, doctor-researcher, traveler, polar explorer, talented writer and poet, whose 100th anniversary is celebrated in 2023. The author of the book was a participant of four secret Arctic expeditions. In the book he tells about "North-4", "North-5", "North Pole-2" and "North Pole-3". Being a man of fun and witty, Volovich writes about the everyday life of polar explorers vividly, brightly and easily. Through the prism of the biography of an outstanding doctor-researcher, scientist, the founder of survival medicine and full-scale polar research, we turn to the heroic facts of the history of our Motherland, cosmonautics and aviation, achievements of scientific applied medicine. On the example of V.G. Volovich, his contemporaries and followers we show that courage, fortitude, genetically fixed experience of overcoming difficulties and natural flexibility of mind of Russian man allow to survive and achieve the goal in the most difficult, extreme conditions. "Nowhere so manifests the greatness of man, his courage, heroism, as in the North", - said the legendary Soviet polar explorer I.D. Papanin. The book will be interesting to everyone who is interested in polar history, this reading will give great pleasure.
The book you are holding in your hands is the second edition of the diaries of Vitaly Georgievich Volovich - a unique, legendary man, a scientist with a capital letter, doctor-researcher, traveler, polar explorer, talented writer and poet, whose 100th anniversary is celebrated in 2023. The author of the book was a participant of four secret Arctic expeditions. In the book he tells about "North-4", "North-5", "North Pole-2" and "North Pole-3". Being a man of fun and witty, Volovich writes about the everyday life of polar explorers vividly, brightly and easily. Through the prism of the biography of an outstanding doctor-researcher, scientist, the founder of survival medicine and full-scale polar research, we turn to the heroic facts of the history of our Motherland, cosmonautics and aviation, achievements of scientific applied medicine. On the example of V.G. Volovich, his contemporaries and followers we show that courage, fortitude, genetically fixed experience of overcoming difficulties and natural flexibility of mind of Russian man allow to survive and achieve the goal in the most difficult, extreme conditions. "Nowhere so manifests the greatness of man, his courage, heroism, as in the North", - said the legendary Soviet polar explorer I.D. Papanin. The book will be interesting to everyone who is interested in polar history, this reading will give great pleasure.
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