A historian at the Arctic National Park asked himself: where did the
cot at the Franz Josef Land northern polar station come from? The film
chronicles his investigation into the lives of the children born there between 1936 and 1960. The main character is fascinating, as he cherishes memories of
the past, and the facts about the lives of Soviet polar explorers are intriguing; the film features plenty of
archival footage and photographs. The very fact that, in the conditions of a polar station, people
lived as families is astonishing. The metaphor of a polar childhood is beautiful: a mother with
her child on the shore of the ocean, a song and children’s laughter...
