He was part of the sixth Soviet Antarctic expedition sent to build a new base at the Schirmacher Oasis. As the polar winter rolled in, Leonid reportedly started to feel tired, weak and nauseous ...

An abandoned Soviet airbase deep in the Antarctic was home to a group of intrepid scientists - where temperatures drop to -90C and the sun disappears for months at a time. The Leningradskaya ...

On the eve of the New Year, a Belgian plane carrying a group of Antarctic researchers crashes in the area of the Pearl Mountains. Only the Soviet expedition responds to their call for help.

He had to leave a 1906 Antarctic expedition due to ill health, but led another successful one south in 1908. His exploits earned him a knighthood, becoming Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1909.