Denis Nagretdinov

Antarctica, early 1980s. Following an emergency at the Soviet polar station "Voshod," the crew finds themselves in an extreme situation: temperatures are plummeting to minus 70 degrees Celsius, they are surrounded by an icy wasteland stretching for thousands of kilometers, and immediate evacuation is impossible. The station chief, Serov, makes a series of unconventional decisions that threaten to trigger yet another catastrophe. Realizing this, Rodin—a member of the team—understands that to save his fellow crew members, he must defy orders and take responsibility for the team himself.

This detective story begins with an article in Ogonyok magazine about Soviet naval officers who were awarded the highest British award, the Order of the Star of the Sea, during World War II. After reading the article, the young heroine of the film named Olga, a resident of a small seaside town, realizes that one of these orders is kept on the mezzanine of her modest apartment, in a shoe box.