Nineties of the last century. The height of “perestroika”. The majority of fellow citizens are busy, some with survival, some with feverishly making fortunes. At this seemingly inappropriate time for romance, an experienced tourist and yacht captain Georgy Karpenko devotes all his energy, time and money to the construction of a huge steel ocean yacht - Urania 2, after which, having recruited a team according to... an advertisement in a magazine, he leaves from St. Petersburg heading to Antarctica. With enormous difficulties, having found himself financially aground at the time of launch, Georgy brings the yacht to the shores of the southern continent and even tries to “close” the circumnavigation in the meridional direction. This book tells about the vicissitudes of this campaign. A very educational, emotional and bright read, a book that you want to re-read again and again.