Chronicle of 1985: the icebreaker "Vladivostok" goes to the aid of the expedition ship "Mikhail Somov" trapped in the ice. Newsreel of the 1950s: the construction of the settlement of Mirny - a scientific center for the study of Antarctica; Soviet scientist-researcher M. Somov and Australian polar explorer Philip Lowe are walking through the village. Newsreel of the 60s: meeting in Mirny of the first plane, which arrived with cargo for the winterers. Residential buildings in Mirny, the premises of the power plant. ATVs move around the village. Inland station "Vostok". Scientists from the GDR Ulrich Leiterer, Karl Schulz, French researchers Michel Kresever, Jean Robert, Claude Lorius at the Vostok station: conducting research in laboratories. Residential buildings, drilling, radio station. Norwegian ship. Icebergs in the sea, penguins on the rocks.