"A Look Back" icon image This photograph was taken in 1953 on the East Siberian coast at Cherskiy (near the mouth of the Kolyma River). Il'ya P. Romanov (on the far left of the photo) was a major figure in Soviet arctic research. Third from the left is Navigator Pavel Tsuprikov, and fourth from the left is Chief Pilot Sergey Petrov. Chief Pilot Boris Laushkin sits on the far right, and second from the right is Navigator Vladimir Tulin. Il'ya P. Romanov and others in 1953