[ VO ]When we entered the last stage, the Pacific stage of our ‘round-the-globe
cruise, no one could have possibly imagined the situation we’d get in.
[ VO ]By that time, our steel yacht had already passed both the
Arctic and the Antarctic. It seemed like the hard part was over…
PANDEMIC ODYSSEY
[ Voice ]Commander, stern's heaving
[ Voice ]Nothing I can do, the wind's onshore!
[ Voice ] Wait, I'll try pulling back! - No need, we're OK
[ Voice ]We're off! We're off!
[ Voice ]We're off, right?
[ Voice ]All aboard!
[ Voice ]Pasha, clear astern?
[ Voice ]Stern's clear, we're steady
[ Voice ]Ta da! Now, we're on the yacht, Elizaveta
[ VO ]This extraordinary steel yacht was made at an experimental department of Krasnoyarsk
combined harvester factory, and it used to sail the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir.
[ ALEKSEY LOGINOV FORMER POLAR EXPLORER, EX-VICE PRESIDENT OF A MAJOR
BANK, EXPEDITION COMMODORE, YACHT CAPTAIN ]And I sort of liked it, it
has a certain appeal I had the impression it was like.... I don't know,
a bird caged in a room with no way to show what it could really do
[ VO ]The key feature of this yacht is its steel hull. That means it can break through the ice.
[ Aleksey ]You can circle the globe, and stick mostly to the equator, in comfort But 'round
the world' should be via the North Sea Route, and on to Antarctica In those
extreme conditions, only a few on the planet can cope Because they are long periods
of few comforts, long periods of hard physical work and, of course, big risk
[ VO ] The yacht left the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir. It then crossed the Arctic by the Northern Sea Route,
across the Baltics, travelled further along Europe, south to Lisbon, crossed the Atlantics, entered
Rio de Janeiro, sailed along Argentina, through the Beagle Channel and Drake Passage, and arrived
in Antarctica. It went north, to Chile. That’s where it was stopped in its tracks by the pandemic.
[ VO ]The boat remained in Chile for 8 months, and the crew flew back home. And as
soon as the Chile borders were open again, they came back to the yacht to finish
their around-the-globe journey — cross the Pacific Ocean, sail into Russia
through Kamchatka, and cross the Eastern Arctic to return to the Krasnoyarsk.
[ Artyom ]Test number one!
[ Artyom ]Video, OK, sound, OK!
[ Artyom ]We're preparing to sail out over, well, no less than a giant puddle! The Pacific Ocean
[ GEO ] PUERTO-MONTT, CHILE
[ VO ]January, 2021. At that moment, I seemed like the world began
to cure from COVID and the countries started opening their borders.
[ Artyom ]Go on, smile! Or wave at the camera or something
[ Artyom ]Bye-bye!
[ Aleksey ]Let's go!
[ Aleksey ]All sailors are superstitious
[ Aleksey ]Do I need to mention the potential challenges and risks?
[ Aleksey ]Anything could happen
[ Aleksey ]We'll now head through the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties
[ Aleksey ]From the start, we'll face a serious ocean, where we'll endure storms and high wind
[ Maksim ]The waves are serious
[ Maksim ]They gave me a lifejacket that I must wear on every watch
[ Maksim ]There's a headwind, water runs right on the decks, filling it with soft elements
[ Maksim ]Everyone's thrown up! That's not a bad thing
[ Voice ]Did you wake Maks? - No. Why?
[ Voice ]They talk?
[ Voice ] They say he's asleep - Locked himself in, they say
[ VO ]The crew on board has been altered. It comprises 7 people. For four of them, it’s their
first time on this boat. And for the first time ever this crew sails out in the sea together.
[ NATALYA KADYROVA MADE MULTIPLE FILMS IN THE SEA, FIRST-TIME WATCH
ASSISTANT ] My name’s Natasha, I’m a film director. Now I’m also a
proper crew member. For the first time in my life, I maintain a log, keep watch,
and learn how to handle the vessel, with the guidance of a senior assistant.
[ Алексей ]Pavel is my oldest pal's son The guy's been sailing since childhood
[ Алексей ]He sailed Trans-Atlantic with me, in Antarctica and the Northern Route. We did a lot.
PAVEL PAVLOV FIRST MATE. ON BOARD SINCE DAY 1. FINISHED BUILDING THE YACHT BY HIMSELF. KNOWS EVERY INCH OF IT.
MAKSIM KHROMTSEV BOAT BUILDER FROM SEVERODVINSK, WORKED AT SUBMARINES. ALMOST COMPLETED THE ENTIRE ‘ROUND-THE-GLOBE TRIP.
[ Алексей ]Maks, completed a yachtsmanship course, and needed sailing practice
[ Алексей ]So, he came along, and kind of stuck with us At the start, the
plan was for a permanent crew But it's a long expedition and, one
by one, people pulled out, and I knew we had to recruit strangers
[ Artyom ]My son said his friend's dad was looking
for people for a round-the-world stage
[ Artyom ]Now, in this COVID era, I think everyone...
is trying to escape...
the circumstances this whole situation has put us in
[ Artyom ]I over-cooked them. Damn!
[ Artyom ]Not looking too good
[ Artyom ]So this is yours...
[ Artyom ]The others will be even worse
ARTYOM BELYAEV RESTAURANT OWNER, ST. PETERSBURG. THIS IS HIS FIRST STAGE.
[ Алексей ]Artyom has some great sailing experience, but he's always wanted a
longer voyage Iya, for example, got on board by chance, really, when we
urgently needed a couple of new recruits in Ushuaia She just happened
to be nearby, in Argentina, just a day away That was the deciding factor
IYA LYSENKO HITCHHIKER, COUCH SURFER. HAS LIVED IN LATIN AMERICA FOR 1.5 YEARS.
SERGEY CHERENKOV PHOTOGRAPHER, WAS FIRST TO CALL ON THE RECRUITMENT ADVERT
[ Алексей ]And Sergey, literally, seconds after I
posted an ad, Sergey called from the metro,
or somewhere On one hand, as quite a
superstitious man, I thought it had to be a sign
[ Iya ]Maybe we can go ashore?
[ Aleksey ]Yes, let's! I suggest going ashore
[ Maksim ]Who do we send on the recce? Granny and
Grandpa! A pair of thrill seekers, they'll crawl a few meters
[ VO ]But at the first supposed stop already, things went not as we expected.
[ GEO ] ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND
[ VO ]The first place where we decided to go ashore was the Robinson Crusoe Island. This
is the spot, where the crew once marooned the notorious contentious sailor. Alexander
Selkirk spent four years as a castaway on the island, and later, at some pub, he met
Daniel Defoe… This is how the famous book was written, and the island got its new name.
[ Man ]Welcome to Robinson Crusoe first of all but you can't get to shore You need to
quarantine to get to the island, you need a quarantine of 14 days before you get in
[ Man ]Do you have enough fuel and fresh water?
[ Aleksey ]Yes, we have enough. Yes, water and food we have enough. We passed all
that quarantine, and we passed all the tests. We are free of virus.
[ Man ]Yeah, we know, but we’re just so afraid of COVID. There’s no
COVID here, on the island. And we’re afraid of it getting in.
[ Artyom ] That's how life has changed There's even more fear of COVID here, the island people are just panicking - It's just...
[ Artyom ]It's just mad!
[ VO ]You rarely come across islands in these parts
of the Pacific Ocean. The next stop, Easter Island
is about 3 weeks away. Not easy ones, though. We’ve barely managed to sail out. We snagged a fishnet.
[ Sergey ]We're caught on a net
[ Sergey ]It's under us
[ Artyom ]It snagged under us
[ Sergey ]Seems we're caught on a pen, that's what I see
[ Sergey ] If it's what I think - Then, throw me a ladder
[ Sergey ]Why the fins? Fins are better
[ Sergey ] Engine off? - It's in neutral
[ Sergey ]So, why isn't the sail down yet?
[ Artyom ]I think we're clear, I'll check again
[ Artyom ]Clear?
[ Sergey ]Really? - Great, got it
[ Artyom ]It caught in a gap
[ Artyom ]It's not too cold
[ Sergey ]That's good
[ Maksim ]Our savior! That's how it started… Artyom caused
a bit of chaos... and then he saved the whole boat!
[ Artyom ]Yup!
[ Maksim ]That was a close shave, this near the shore...
[ Maksim ]It was a break You can't run the motor...
so the prop doesn't reel in the rope too far
[ Maksim ]And there's no wind to move us aside
[ Sergey ]Damn you! Darn it! You swine! Swine!
[ Maksim ]Bloggers set out on the Pacific...
just to become famous!
[ Maksim ]I'll be famous!
[ Pavel ]I'm having a swim
[ Maksim ]- At this speed, can you keep up? - Of course!
[ Maksim ]Now we're filming some swimming
[ Maksim ]You know, we need a twist A wave knocks a baby off his feet...
you hold on with two fingers... and save it at the last moment!
[ Artyom ]Aleksey asked for two bottles of rainwater, to be sent
[ Artyom ]Yes, that's the custom here A moment to send, and to receive!
[ VO ]We set up our daily routine pretty quickly. By turns, two times a day
we had 4-hour shifts with 8-hour breaks — I was paired with Pasha,
Iya — with Artyom,
Maks — with Sergey.
[ VO ]We cooked by turns. But it was Pasha who stood over the stove more often. He loves to cook.
Besides he was worried that during the big waves, the soup might accidently spill on us, girls.
[ Sergey ]Precise cuts, slice it, put it on a plate…
[ Sergey ] Well, women love it… - You just open the tins
[ Sergey ]No, Pasha...
[ Sergey ]Don't be coy!
[ Sergey ]I can't believe you'd do that
…such a nasty person she was, but beautiful! Clever and beautiful…
[ Maksim ]Enough chat on watch! You don't want to hear about women…
[ Maksim ]Let's talk about adventures!
[ Maksim ]In hope of reaching the Solomon Islands, we had not conserved resources well So we were low on water and firewood
Santa Isabel's seamen ripped out the ship's bulkheads and baked cakes from the remains of flies inside...
[ Sergey ]The what?
[ Maksim ]Flies?
[ Iya ]Flies or flour?
[ Maksim ]Even I freaked out! Me too. Eating flies!
[ Aleksey ]A long passage over the ocean feels... The main
goal of the trip is, not to visit specific places, but to
learn to see the world differently. Each of us comes to
their own conclusion Something happens in their souls
[ Iya ]Actually, something should happen on watch If it doesn't, it's boring!
[ VO ]A squall is a sudden, sharp increase in wind speed. Besides, the wind
changes its direction shortly. If you lose your vigilance, and miss out the
moment, you can get your mast broken, the sail torn, or even the yacht
itself put on the side. You must take the sail down before the storm arrives.
[ Maksim ]A sudden squall!
[ Artyom ]Yeah, I told you!
[ Artyom ]Cold air, increased wind speed, and direction change! Did anybody listen?! 'All of a sudden!' they say
[ Artyom ]90-degree wind change after cold air!
[ Artyom ]You talk about the weather a lot!
[ Maksim ]The staysail got ripped off the deck
[ VO ]We stormed out to the deck. The commander and the first mate dashed right off towards the sail.
[ Sergey ]Help me turn this sail down! Don't just sit there, dummies!
[ Maksim ]Iya, take the helm! Steady as she goes!
[ VO ]It turned out, the halyard had got snagged somewhere on the top. Someone had to climb the mast, and untangle it.
[ Sergey ]Pull the halyard off the staysail!
[ Sergey ]Enough! Lock it in!
[ Sergey ]Pasha, my respect for you keeps growing
[ Pavel ] I'm touched, but I'd prefer rum
[ Aleksey ]From one mysterious place:
South Patagonia with its cold glaciers,
to another remote spot, the Easter Island
[ Artyom ]I've sailed here for 2 months, through rough
seas, stoppages, bad weather, and no wind!
[ Iya ]This is the classic view of Easter Island I don't know if they'll let us on, but I'm excited
[ Man ]Pasha, take the front!
[ VO ]Even though at the federal level, Chile is open, municipal
authorities decide against letting the visitors come to their islands.
[ Man ]The problem is that if COVID spreads
here, then we're done! A healthcare system
and a network of hospitals are very
important So it'll be hard for us to beat COVID
[ Man ]We don't have the same system as the mainland. 350 - 370 days with no tourists
[ VO ]Despite the weather unfavorable for maritime operations, the island
authorities reckon it safer to hand over food, water, and fuel to us in the sea.
[ Iya ]You can see how we're tossed around We're being carried onto the reefs too fast
[ Man ]Maki Maki is the god of this island!
[ Voice ]Thanks!
[ VO ]We had barely left Chile when they closed their borders again.
[ VO ]Soon we surrender any last remaining illusion: almost every state in the South Pacific has shut their borders.
[ VO ]We can’t dock at any place where food is sold for money. We are sailing by deserted or
sparsely populated islands. And we have to find sustenance on our own – coconuts and fish.
[ Aleksey ]It didn't go as we expected
[ Aleksey ]We thought there would be some difficulties related to
the global coronavirus pandemic But to see it all go so
wrong, to see all these countries introducing lockdowns,
en-masse… I thought everyone was lifting restrictions
[ Aleksey ]But no!
[ Aleksey ]Everyone is scared, people are closed off... They don't shake
hands or hug anymore They talk to strangers through masks All
this is unnatural for the people It severely affects their
mental state, their attitude towards other people, and the world
[ Maksim ]And once again, we're with Pavel
Pavlov, the Elizaveta's chief cook
[ Maksim ]It's February 14... Nine in the
morning. So, what will we cook, Pavel?
Grilled goat's cheese sandwiches with eggs
[ Maksim ] Mmmm! And what will we drink? - Coffee with cinnamon
[ Maksim ]A day without a heroic deed is wasted.
[ Maksim ]I need to do something heroic Sergey
has made a meal. Iya is steering The Captain and Pavel are fixing the pipes
[ Maksim ]What's left for me?
[ Maksim ]I don't know, we'll see what the day brings
[ Maksim ]What heroics are in store?
[ VO ]It’s hard to dock by atolls. Besides, not every atoll is suitable for docking.
[ VO ]A yacht is usually anchored, and people get to an island by boat. The hardest part is to get through the breaking waves.
[ Sergey ]I saw that the boys had turned Pasha around So, I decided to help
too. I don't know why. They're pros, and I'm… So, they turned the boat
around, and I got pushed between a rock and the boat I got stuck in
the rip current swirling around the rock, and I just got swept away
[ VO ]I was standing on the shore, filming, and I was at a loss to figure out what was going on.
[ VO ]It seemed Sergey had just come ashore with everyone else…
What happened, Artyom?
[ Natalya ] Oh my God! What happened? - He got swept away!
[ Artyom ]Sergey got washed out to sea! He's safe for the moment - But it's better if Pasha's around. Over!
[ Artyom ]Copy. I'll let him know! Over!
[ Maksim ] I got Sergey out! - What happened?
[ Maksim ]He started drowning!
[ Maksim ]The waves were rolling, and he couldn't go anywhere He was tossed around
in the water Exhausted, he swallowed
too much water, and couldn't breathe
[ Maksim ]Maks, Maks, Maks ...
[ Maksim ]I went in and I tried to pull him by the armpit, I tried to push him forward,
but he couldn't swim The two of us were being pitched about I swam to the
rock, took my t-shirt off, and threw it to him But he couldn't reach it Then
[ Maksim ]I reached out to him from the rock. He grabbed the line, and I pulled him out
[ Maksim ]Then Pasha came We struggled to get him in the dinghy Anyway, he's recovering now He swallowed a lot of
water? He swallowed a whole bunch of water, and
got badly scared I don't think he'll ever go ashore again!
[ Sergey ]It was scary! I got frightened. I don't deny it
[ Maksim ]I prepared the meal, onions in 2 frying pans. We just need to roast it with some potatoes
[ Maksim ]Let's do it, one, two...
[ Maksim ]I've sent the old man away to take care of dinner
[ Maksim ]Sergey!
[ Maksim ]I've added salt already! No need to add more
[ Sergey ]Maksim, next time, I'll slice the potatoes for the roast myself!
[ Sergey ]I don't want to swear in front of the camera. The slices are too thick!
[ Iya ]Maks is cunning. He passed the buck for the trickiest part to Sergey! To save the day
[ VO ]The next voyage is going to be a serious endeavor. The only
country that is still open in the Pacific ocean is Fiji.
[ VO ]It’ll take us about three weeks to reach it. We’ve been running low
on fuel for quite some time now. The same goes for water and food.
[ VO ]To fill up our tanks with potable water without coming ashore, we learned how to collect rainwater with a sail.
[ Aleksey ]One heavy downpour allowed us to collect around 50 liters of potable water
[ VO ]We’re waiting for the rain. But we’re out of luck, rains are rare and brief.
[ VO ]We look like pirates for quite a while now. We have a boat full of palm trees and we do our laundry overboard.
[ Voice ]There's a tank by my
cabin, so air can't get through
the porthole So, I had to make an air intake
system. And I made a canopy from palm tree leaves.
[ Iya ]Can I wash my clothes here? It's laundry day on the boat
[ Iya ]Water is in very short supply now We didn't manage to get fresh water We were waiting for the
rain It came, but we only collected 2.5 liters
[ Iya ]It evaporated immediately in the hot weather
[ Iya ]It's not an easy job to get this bucket out
[ Iya ]That's how it's done. Simple!
[ Iya ]It's our onboard washing machine! I'm washing bed linen and my dress
[ Iya ]I'm using salt water. We're frugal with fresh water
[ Iya ]First, I wash my hair with salt water
[ Iya ]Then I rinse it with fresh water. It's so salty that soap just won't lather up
[ VO ]The dead calm. If you get into a field like this, and you don’t have an engine, you’re doomed.
[ VO ]That was the death of many a caravel. They were fitted with sails that were useless when there was no wind.
[ VO ]We do have an engine, but we try to use the sail more to save fuel.
[ Natalya ] How far now? - What? [ Pavel ]Have we gone? - 9 miles
[ Natalya ] In how long? [ Pavel ]4 hours
[ Artyom ]Not bad, there could've been a headwind
[ Artyom ]There will be one soon
[ Natalya ] When?
[ Pavel ] In 2 or 3 days - Then we'll be even slower
[ Pavel ]We'll never get there
[ VO ]Noodles have become the staple of our diet. Now it’s very easy to answer the question: What's for lunch today?
[ Artyom ]I hope to God it's not noodles!
[ Pavel ]Close!
[ Pavel ]It's not noodles, it's pasta!
[ Pavel ]You've guessed it You've guessed correctly, so the jackpot goes to Artyom
[ Maksim ]So, about the meal plan… Have we already switched to 2 meals per day?
[ Pavel ] What for? - Soon enough, we'll switch to one meal a day
[ VO ] The next day, we discovered that we had lost most of the noodles too.
[ Iya ]That's all we've got left because of the flooding …from the storms
[ Iya ]Now, we've got even less food
[ Iya ]We'll have to eat even less often now, without seconds
[ Iya ]Forget about seconds
[ Sergey ]They say it's the last food we've got, but it's good
[ Sergey ]Pasha's a great cook
[ Voice ]What time is it? - Take a guess…
[ Sergey ]Precisely 17:00! It's your watch and you're doing God knows what
[ Voice ]Tell me when it's 17:10
[ Iya ]What's for dinner?
[ Aleksey ]Dinner will be tomorrow
[ Iya ]When? Tomorrow?
[ Aleksey ]Yes, tomorrow
[ Iya ]Soybean soup
[ Voice ]Soy sauce goes great with that, by the way
[ Aleksey ]Save a bottle of soybean sauce
in case we catch a big fish that can
be eaten raw. And if there's
sashimi, we can have fish with wasabi.
[ Aleksey ]Thanks guys!
[ VO ]You probably think that catching fish in the ocean is so easy, and
one can eat it all the time. However, itis but an illusion. There’s
no fish in deep waters. To catch it, one would have to get to
shallower areas. But atolls are notoriously hard to approach by boat.
[ Aleksey ]Maybe we'll catch something! Cast! Pay no attention to the birds!
[ Aleksey ] What's that? - Don't mind the birds!
[ Sergey ]They're specifically trying to catch my bait!
[ Sergey ]I reel it in and they dive right at it
[ Aleksey ]Let them hunt, what do you care? They always swoop down on the spinners!
[ Aleksey ]Are you kidding?
[ VO ]Boats don’t always succeed in crossing the reef and entering a lagoon.
[ Voice ]Captain, we're leaving?
[ Aleksey ]I'll make one more run with the depth sounder at about 10 meters
[ Aleksey ]Then I'll turn around and go left
[ Aleksey ]I'm not talking to you! You watch the rods!
[ Aleksey ] Do we have it? - Did it get away?
[ Sergey ]No, it didn't!
[ Sergey ]Yes, it did!
[ Sergey ] Where? - Off the thicker rod!
[ Aleksey ]It got away, broke the line! It was too big
[ Aleksey ]Or maybe a shark snapped it
[ Aleksey ]Let's try one more time
[ VO ]Seeking a port of refuge, ‘the emergency call’ as it’s referred to, is an internationally recognised system. If a vessel
needs urgent help, it can enter any port… That was our case. So, we’re seeking help from the Samoan port authorities.
[ Aleksey ]Apia, port control. We are sailing from Chile to Russia across the Pacific.
[ Aleksey ]We are four months in the sea. We need water, fuel and food.
[ VO ]But the ones who responded to our call weren’t the port authorities but a fishing vessel near us.
[ Voice ]You probably already know that the country is closed, the borders are closed to everyone.
[ Aleksey ]Maybe someone can help us with water or food, because we have been at sea
for 4 months, and we have almost
nothing left - neither food nor water.
[ Voice ]Yes, I understand your situation, but the problem is that this COVID-19 has scared
everyone, everyone is in quarantine. I do not know how exactly we can help you.
[ VO ]We hear a fisherman asking the coast guard for permission to help us.
[ Voice ]Morning Sir. Sir, is there any way we can assist? This situation with
this Russian vessel, I know they... you know, they shouldn't be anywhere
near the place but... I guess, health (probably health dept) would be
working something out, is there any way we can assist you at all? Break?
[ VO ]We had to wait for 24 hours to get an official response.
your request to go up alongside... has been, has been... rejected, over.
[ Aleksey ]Can you please repeat? you rejected our request to
support us with food and drinkable water? I understand correct?
is correct, captain. That is correct. Over
[ Aleksey ]Thank you for your hospitality, sir. Bye
[ Voice ]What jerks! - Incredible!
[ Voice ]No need for the sarcasm. The man didn't make the rules.
[ Voice ] Sergey! - I'm here!
[ Voice ]Get your fishing gear!
[ Pavel ]Get out a few cans of sardines. This is Latin
American fish - How many years has it been there?
[ Iya ]A couple - But seriously? - A couple years Really? Just two? You bet!
[ Voice ]…four - two small ones
…five, six, seven, eight
THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF FOOD FOR SEVEN PEOPLE PER DAY. THAT’S WHAT THE CREW IS GOING TO BE EATING FOR A WEEK.
[ Pavel ]1.5 onions to make meals, 1 tin of canned meat, 400 g of pasta, and 1.5 garlic cloves…
[ Pavel ]For about 7 days
[ Artyom ]Not bad!
[ VO ]That night our luck had finally turned around! Sergey reeled in a big barracuda.
[ Sergey ]I thought it was seaweed, I had to clean seaweed off 10 times today
[ Aleksey ]That's a healthy one
[ VO ]Near Fiji, we caught few more fishes. If it weren’t for them, we might’ve failed to reach our destination.
[ Aleksey ]We are going from Chile to Russia to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. We have been at sea for 4 months.
[ Aleksey ]The food is over!
[ Guards ]Don't worry! Today, guys, you will eat delicious!
[ Iya ]This Fijian port is the first in 4 months willing to take us in!
[ Iya ]They're taking pictures of us
[ Natalya ]I can't believe we've reached somewhere
[ Sergey ]What do you mean 'somewhere?' We've crossed the ocean, the whole way across…
[ Sergey ]From the continent to the very… To all this!
[ VO ]Few days before our arrival, the last open state
in the South Pacific, Fiji, had several Covid cases
and closed their borders as well. All civilian
flights were cancelled too. Amazingly enough, we
can’t travel back home by air, but we can sail.
[ VO ]Like in the old days, when planes weren’t invented
yet… By some magic, a sail rather than a Boeing
represents freedom of movement in today’s world.
[ Aleksey ]Despite all the lockdowns, despite the panic, we continue
our voyage across the planet When you sail, you see, the world
has no borders, that the ocean is vast, the ocean is great, and you just can't put border markers there, though plenty try
[ Aleksey ]And we have only one common planet, and it's not as big as it seems Throw me the line, Sergey!
[ Voice ]Look, who's all so civilised here! Geesh, he's wearing jeans!
[ Sergey ]Pasha, take it, please… Or Maks
[ Sergey ]I'm walking and feel no rocking… What's wrong?
[ VO ]A few days later, Sergey will pass away. He will die in Fiji, in
his sleep. His death was caused not by Covid but by heart failure.
[ VO ]But Covid was the reason why it took us so long to sort out all the matters with the
corpse and the paperwork. The country is under lockdown. All the roads are closed, and no
one can travel from one region to another. A crematorium is in the capital, and the boat
is docked 200 km away from it. It took us another month to get the urn with the ashes.
[ Aleksey ]So…
[ Aleksey ]This is the urn
[ Aleksey ]Sergey's back aboard
[ Aleksey ]To his memory
[ Aleksey ]Part of the ship and the crew
[ Maksim ]There will be girls, and we'll drink champagne, they said!
[ Pavel ] No one promised you anything but hard, dirty work
[ Pavel ] And you agreed to that
[ Maksim ]We've decided to clean up the boat a little
[ Aleksey ]The goal… I don't know, it's hard to say
[ Aleksey ]The plan was to take the route used by the great expeditions
[ Aleksey ]No, not really
[ Aleksey ]The initial goal was to sail around the world… passing through the most challenging areas,
the Arctic and Antarctic But that's not what it was about
[ Aleksey ]The goal is life itself: Life is a path that you're always on…
[ VO ]From Fiji, Elizaveta sails straight to Russia.
[ VO ]She has 10,000 kilometres ahead of her. One and a half months in the ocean. There are no
states along her way where the boat would be able to drop the anchor. Every port is closed.