After graduating from the institute in Leningrad, the young geologist Volodya Batanin arrives to work for distribution to a coal plant in the Arctic.
| Directing | Vladimir Basov | Director |
| Sound | Mikhail Ziv | Music |
| Camera | Timofei Lebeshev | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Yuli Dunsky | Writer |
| Writing | Valeri Frid | Writer |
| Art | Ippolit Novoderyozhkin | Production Design |
| Art | Sergei Voronkov | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Valentin Perelyotov | Costume Design |
| Sound | Vladlen Sharun | Sound |