"Who better than us, who are used to working in the cold, who have settled the North, to reach the pole? And I say; the pole will be conquered by the Russians..." G.Ya.Sedov More than a hundred years separate us from those tragic February days of 1914, when senior lieutenant of the Russian Imperial Navy Georgy Yakovlevich Sedov died in the ice of the northern islands of Franz Josef Land. A symbol of fortitude, dedication and at the same time an example of naivety and to some extent arrogance, Georgy Sedov will forever remain one of the central figures in the world history of Arctic exploration. By his unparalleled pursuit of a goal, and by his tragic death, he awakened an unprecedented interest in high latitudes, thereby fulfilling his main purpose. Few of the pioneers have achieved such fame and glory as this man. It would seem that over the past hundred years, everything that could be connected with the first Russian polar expedition has been said. But the circumstances of the death and burial of her boss still cause a lot of controversy, guesses and assumptions. The reason for this was the long-term, but unfortunately unsuccessful search for the grave of Sedov.The author of the book is trying to figure out one of the most mysterious pages in Arctic research — why Georgy Sedov's grave has not yet been found. The analysis of all available information about the last days of Georgy Yakovlevich, conducted on the basis of a variety of materials, provides directions for further searches. For the first time, the book describes in detail the "life" and fate of the legendary vessel of the Sedov expedition — the "Holy Martyr Phokas".We recommend the book to anyone interested in the history of high latitudes.