New Zealand, Port of Wellington. Loading fuel on the Vladivostok icebreaker, leaving for Antarctica on a rescue expedition to free the research and expedition ship Mikhail Somov, trapped in Antarctic ice. Press conference in the saloon of the Vladivostok icebreaker with the participation of the captain of the icebreaker GI Antokhin, the head of the rescue expedition AN Chilingarov, director of the Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic BA Krutskikh. Icebreaker Vladivostok en route to its destination. Work of the crew of the diesel-electric ship "Mikhail Somov". The withdrawal of the diesel-electric ship "Mikhail Somov from the drift. Meeting in the Leningrad port on the occasion of the arrival of the ship" Mikhail Somov. Speakers: VF Rodchenko, BA Krutskikh, AN Chilingarov.