West-Taimyr expedition led by IL Landin on the schooner "Belukha": participants on board the schooner; on boats they sail to Novaya Zemlya, meet with the Nenets, explore the flora; the schooner is in the ice. The icebreaker "Lenin" and the schooner sail on the Arctic Ocean; members of the expedition raise the Soviet flag on the Belitsky Island they discovered. The sinking schooner Belukha. The crew on boats is ferried to the rescue steamer "Arkos". Seals in the sea. The expedition members drag the caught seal from the boat to the schooner.