The Rusanov House Museum presents a photograph of the famous polar explorer Vladimir Aleksandrovich Rusanov. This portrait was placed at the North Pole by members of the expedition led by Dmitry Shparo. From 1973 to 1978, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper organized several polar sports and scientific expeditions in search of Vladimir Rusanov’s missing expedition.

On March 16, 1979, the team of the high-latitude polar sports and scientific expedition of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper descended from the cliffs of Henrietta Island onto the drifting ocean ice to reach the North Pole in 76 days. The ideological inspirer of the expedition was Boris Nikolayevich Pastukhov, the former first secretary of the Komsomol Central Committee. The success of the Soviet group was due, among other things, to the experience of its participants. By that time, they had completed trips under the most severe conditions. A ski expedition to the North Pole could have taken place earlier, but in 1974 the government considered it inappropriate. However, the desire of the brave skiers prevailed, and five years later the expedition was launched.

According to Dmitry Shparo, the first day was the critical one: