mata hari became the hero of many books, films, songs and many other works of art.february 13, 1956, the state flag of the ussr was raised over the first soviet scientific station in antarctica; it was named mirna in honor of one of the sloops of the expedition of foday belengauzen and mikhail lazarev, who discovered the ice continent. its development began actively at the beginning of the 20th century, the british, argentines, and chileans took the lead, and now we are catching up. equipped the expedition academy of sciences. it was built by the legendary polar explorer and geographer mikhail somov. on the diesel electric ship op we approached the coast of the davis sea. it was necessary to unload onto loose ice, and then lift the loads onto the icy shore, the height of a five-story building. we carried out aerial reconnaissance, found a place for construction, equipped a radio center, magnetic and seismic pavilions, buildings for a laboratory and housing. scientists worked in extreme conditions, thin air, hurricane winds -40. mirnaya station has long served as the