The book is dedicated to the largest Transantarctic expedition of 1989–1990. The participants of this expedition - representatives of six countries of the world - the USA, France, Great Britain, Japan, China and the USSR - managed to cover more than 6,000 kilometers on skis and dog sleds, pass through the South Pole and for the first time cross Antarctica along the longest route without the use of mechanical means. The author of the book, a participant in the expedition, talks about his colleagues, their relationships and about its true heroes - dogs... Source: The text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.