{"product_id":"vintage-1972-soviet-book-life-on-an-ice-floe-arctic-diary-ivan-papanin-tsar-to-soviet-books","title":"Vintage 1972 Soviet Book: Life on an Ice Floe (Arctic Diary) – Ivan Papanin | Tsar to Soviet Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Classic 1972 Soviet Arctic Memoir: \"Life on an Ice Floe\" by Ivan Papanin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor polar historians, collectors of Arctic exploration journals, and admirers of Soviet aviation history, this \u003cb\u003e1972 original Soviet hardcover edition in its original dust jacket\u003c\/b\u003e is a definitive account of high-latitude exploration. Published in Moscow by \u003cb\u003eMysl\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eИздательство «Мысль»\u003c\/i\u003e) as part of the academic series \u003cb\u003e\"20th Century: Journeys, Discoveries, Research\"\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on an Ice Floe: Diary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eЖизнь на льдине: Дневник\u003c\/i\u003e) was written by legendary Arctic leader \u003cb\u003eIvan Dmitrievich Papanin\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProtected by an illustrated dust jacket showing the Soviet expedition tent on the pack ice, this 304-page edition presents the complete month-by-month personal logbook of the \u003cb\u003eNorth Pole-1\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eСеверный полюс-1\u003c\/i\u003e) drifting expedition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 1937 North Pole Drift, Transpolar Flights \u0026amp; Arctic Science\u003c\/b\u003e Papanin’s diary records the day-to-day realities of establishing human scientific presence at the apex of the globe:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"Papaninite\" Crew:\u003c\/b\u003e Detailed entries describing camp life and survival shared by expedition chief Ivan Papanin, radio pioneer \u003cb\u003eErnst Krenkel\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003e«Теодорыч»\u003c\/i\u003e), marine biologist and oceanographer \u003cb\u003ePyotr Shirshov\u003c\/b\u003e, and geophysicist \u003cb\u003eYevgeny Fyodorov\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranspolar Aviation History:\u003c\/b\u003e Chronicles the station’s role providing critical weather data and radio communication for \u003cb\u003eValery Chkalov's\u003c\/b\u003e flight from Moscow across the North Pole to the United States, as well as the tense radio watches maintained following the disappearance of \u003cb\u003eSigizmund Levanevsky's\u003c\/b\u003e plane.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolar Oceanography \u0026amp; Geophysics:\u003c\/b\u003e Documents the continuous scientific operations conducted under Arctic conditions, including magnetic theodolite runs, bathymetric cable soundings of the Arctic basin floor, and meteorological observations during the six-month polar night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeographical Commentary:\u003c\/b\u003e Includes an analytical concluding essay by polar historian and geographer \u003cb\u003eE. M. Suzyumov\u003c\/b\u003e on the scientific legacy of the first drifting ice station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComplete Bibliographic Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Жизнь на льдине: Дневник (\u003ci\u003eLife on an Ice Floe: Diary\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin (\u003ci\u003eИ. Д. Папанин\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/b\u003e E. M. Suzyumov (\u003ci\u003eЕ. М. Сузюмов\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditorial Board:\u003c\/b\u003e E. M. Murzaev (Chairman), N. A. Gvozdetsky, A. V. Zhivago, E. E. Syroechkovsky, N. G. Fradkin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e XX век: Путешествия, Открытия, Исследования (\u003ci\u003e20th Century: Journeys, Discoveries, Research\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Mysl\" Publishing House (\u003ci\u003eМосква\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 1972 (Moscow, USSR)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Russian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Original publisher's cloth hardcover in pictorial dust jacket\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Count:\u003c\/b\u003e 304+ pages organized by monthly logs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClassification:\u003c\/b\u003e Polar Exploration \/ Arctic History \/ Soviet Science \u0026amp; Aviation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Preservation Report\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDust Jacket Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e Original color illustrated dust jacket is clean, flat, and complete, exhibiting minor rubbing along the top spine edge and fold perimeters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHardcover Binding:\u003c\/b\u003e Inner light-grey cloth boards are clean, rigid, and completely square with bright gold foil titling on the cover and spine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Integrity:\u003c\/b\u003e Exceptionally firm, square, and tight text block with intact hinges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePage Quality:\u003c\/b\u003e Interior pages and journal logs are clean and unmarked, exhibiting uniform light cream age-toning typical of early-1970s Soviet publishing paper stocks. 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