About the book: 1990 / On the steep bank of the Khatanga River, which flows into the Laptev Sea, there is a monument - a red sea buoy five meters high. On the cone are the words: " In memory of the first hydrographs - the discoverers of the Taimyr Peninsula." The names are familiar, unfamiliar, completely unfamiliar. The navigation notice instructs all captains of passing ships: "When passing abeam, sailors are called upon to salute with an audible signal for a quarter of a minute, announcing via the ship's broadcast to the crew in whose honor the salute is being given “The low whistles of ships float over the tundra, over the river, over the sea... A historical story about a campaign in the first half of the 18th century by a detachment led by Lieutenant Pronchishchev to the Taimyr Peninsula. His research became a bright page in the history of the great northern expedition.