Polar captains of the Russian and Soviet fleet: Nikita Kuznetsov

The captains of the icebreaker have always belonged to the elite of the fleet. The pages of the publication tells about three outstanding sailors, whose biographies were at different times associated with the “grandfather of the icebreaker fleet” – the famous “Ermak”. M.P. Vasiliev participated in his construction and the first navigations, the share of M. Sorokin fell record navigation of the 1930s and difficult tests of military fever, but Yu. K. Khlebnikov, not only to participate in the last voyages of the legendary icebreaker, but also to catch the appearance of atomic vehicles.

Author
Kuznetsov Nikita Anatolyevich
Editor
Solomonov Boris Vladimirovich
Publisher
Paulsen, 2014
Series
Library of polar research