About the book: 1927 / A story by a Soviet writer, author of "Mammoth Hunters" and "The Village on the Lake", about an incident in the life of Pomors. Mid-20s years. Fifteen-year-old Andrei, left without a father, gets from Arkhangelsk to the village of Koidu, to see his uncle. On the way, he meets a team of fishermen and goes with them to catch seals. The spelling and punctuation of the original source are preserved. Drawings by Vasily Alekseevich Vatagin.