Under the Wing of the Airplane: The Crown of the Earth. Stories about Polar Pilots

"Under the Wing of the Airplane: The Crown of the Earth" is a book about polar aviation pilots, people of a heroic and noble profession. Even in the early twentieth century, they explored uncharted lands, made discoveries, rescued expeditions, and delivered important cargo. By reading this book, kids will learn about Yan Nagursky - the first person in the world to rise into the sky in an airplane in the harsh land of eternal winter, about the heroic pilots who saved the "Chelyuskin" expedition, about record flights from Moscow to America across the North Pole, about the feats of polar pilots during the Great Patriotic War, about the glorious northern city of Naryan-Mar, and about the everyday life and celebrations of polar aviation today.

The author of the book, Natalia Volkova, is a children's writer, poet, and master of the non-fiction genre, with more than a dozen educational books for children to her credit. She is a diploma winner of the Alexei Tolstoy competition, laureate of the best work for teenagers award named after Sergey Mikhalkov and the Petr Yershov award, finalist of the Vladislav Krapivin and Korney Chukovsky awards.