 In 1933 icebreaker "Rusanov", commanded by Captain Yerokhin brought a party led by S. P. Zhuravlev to Maria Pronchishcheva Bay and unloaded men, women and materials there.The plan was to establish a permanent base camp in the shores of this gulf in order to exploit the resources of this area of the Soviet Arctic.The men were experienced in trapping and the idea was that they should get their own food.