The book contains notes of participants in the legendary campaign of the icebreaker "Malygin," who in 1928 participated in the search for the expedition of Umberto Nobile on the airship "Italy." The icebreaker was trapped by ice near the island of Hope. The plane, piloted by polar pilot M.S. Babushkin, flew in search, landed on the ice twice, but returned to the ship due to a storm.