Georgy Sedov, the Russian polar explorer and naval captain, shown full-length from head to feet, standing upright, centered on the Arctic ice with pack-ice ridges and a wooden expedition schooner behind him. A weathered man in his late thirties, lean and sturdy, with a broad high-cheekboned face tanned and wind-burned, deep-set resolute eyes, a thick dark full beard and moustache, dark hair swept back under a fur-lined hood. He wears a heavy officer's greatcoat over a dark naval tunic, a thick sweater, reindeer-fur trousers and tall fur-and-leather kamik boots caked with snow; leather gloves and a coiled rope at his belt. Posture erect and commanding, one hand resting on a walking staff, chin lifted, gazing toward the horizon. Overcast polar daylight, breath misting, drifting snow around his feet.
