Ivan Papanin Collection

Soviet Arctic explorer Papanin, 1937
Soviet Arctic explorer Ivan Papanin (1894-1986) in 1937 while commanding the first Soviet drifting station " North Pole-1". Expedition members and equipment are in the background

Bolsheviks greetings to brave conquerors of the North Pole!, 1937. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

The Papanin Expedition, 1938. Private Collection

Ivan Papanin, 1938. Private Collection

Ivan Papanin, Ernst Krenkel, Evgeny Fedorov and Petr Shirshov at the expedition North Pole-1, 1938
Ivan Papanin, Ernst Krenkel, Evgeny Fedorov and Petr Shirshov at the expedition North Pole-1

Ivan Papanin, Soviet Arctic explorer
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (1894-1986), Soviet Arctic explorer, in Arctic clothing in 1938. During the winter of 1937-8, Papanin was leader of the Soviet ice drift station SP-1 in the Arctic

Rescue of Soviet Arctic expedition, 1938
Rescue of Soviet Arctic expedition. Members of the first Soviet drifting station " North Pole-1", in 1938, being rescued from their ice floe in the Arctic, which had started to break up

Soviet North Pole-1 station crew, 1939
Soviet North Pole-1 station crew members. Seated at left is Ivan Papanin (1894-1986), expedition leader and Arctic explorer. Seated at centre is Ernst Krenkel (1903-1971), radio operator

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