Ivan Papanin
(September 10, 1937)
Soviet Arctic explorer Ivan Papanin (1894-1986) in 1937 while commanding the first Soviet drifting station "North Pole-1". Expedition members and equipment are in the background. Papanin and the expedition are on an ice floe in the Arctic. A Soviet emblem is seen on the flag. Photographed on 10th September 1937.