In 1941, the first Arctic convoy arrived in Arkhangelsk, sent to the USSR by allies - Great Britain and the United States. His fate was successful, unlike another convoy - the infamous PQ-17. The prehistory, misadventures and consequences of the voyage of this caravan are devoted to the book of William Geru. On July 4, 1942, when the PQ-17 convoy was ordered to disperse, four ships from its composition, having separated from the rest, headed further north, into dangerous Arctic ice.