About the book: 2014 / The story "Boatswain and Paganel or the Mystery of the Polar Island" is the first part of the book "The Adventures of the Sailor Paganel." The action takes place in 1980 in the waters of the Norwegian Bear Island and on the island itself. By chance, the crew of a small fishing trawler from Murmansk finds themselves drawn into a series of strange events and unusual and dangerous adventures. The main characters of the story are the eighteen-year-old cabin boy Paganel and his older friend and mentor, boatswain Bronislav Druz..