About the book: 2002 / CONTENTS Three pages from the author PART ONE Along the old pathMurmanskThe beginning of a showdownFoma Fomich at the beauty instituteNavy Day on DixonDixon - Cape ChelyuskinAbout ship fires and how Foma Fomich plays chessThe extraordinary ArcticEveryday life and some exceptions from itTiksiTiksi - PevekUnity and the struggle of opposites in Foma Fomich FomichevThe Smile of Kolyma PART TWO At the port of destinationThe playful hydrograph and the southerner in PevekSailed from Pevek to IgarkaMeeting in the Vilkitsky StraitYenisei, or “Susanna and the Elders” Igarka Detoxifier for myths Foma Fomich's jokes and turn into the following wave “Oh my little dove...” CurtainLand major at a depth of meters