About the book: 1973 / "Northern Diary" - a poetic documentary narration about the writer’s trips to the North, about the work and life of Arkhangelsk and Murmansk fishermen, about courage, strength and the beauty of the people living there. In the first part of the “Northern Diary”, Yuri Kazakov describes his journey from Pinega to Mezen on the steamer “Yushar”».