(print) xi, 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Preface ix -- The White Vortex 1 -- A Polar Voyage with the Russians 14 -- The Settlement Mirnyy 35 -- Airborne Surveys of the Ice Shelves 49 -- Winter Life at Mirnyy 66 -- Conversations with the Comrades 101 -- Explorations of the Mind 122 -- Tragedy 138 -- To the "Pole of Cold" 143 -- Do Svidoniya! 176 -- Glossary 185