The territory of the Komsomol youth station "North Pole - 8". Ice hummocks, a polar bear on an ice floe, a blizzard. Members of the Arctic expedition: hydrologists L. Belyakov and V. Uglev, magnetologist G. Letnikov, meteorologist E. Podnebesnikov, aerologist V. Nikonov, cook Yu. Vedeneev, doctor V. Porfiriev and others at work. Everyday life of polar explorers: preparing snow for water, preparing food; conducting a bath day. Camp of polar explorers in spring; melting ice floe; a polar explorer drills an ice floe to release the accumulated water. Unloading the last aircraft in the spring season that delivered the necessary cargo. Radio operators N. Kotlomanov and P. Borovikov in the radio room.