A plane takes off for the North Pole in 1937.

The image, captured by Soviet photographer Vladislav Mikosha, went on display this week in an exhibition called "The Arctic Is Our Home."

Organized by the Moscow House of Photography, the exhibition tells the story of Russian exploration of the Arctic.

It especially stresses the 1930s, a time when Arctic explorers - or polyarniki - basked in attention from both the public and the official media, much like cosmonauts a generation later.

The exhibition runs to Feb. 18 in the Manezh Exhibition Hall, located at 1 Manezh Square.