Since his childhood a Nenets man Serafim Laptander has been dreaming of being a sailor. He reached Odessa from the northern tundra, entered the nautical college and became a navigator. Before the final exams he went to visit his relatives to Yamal. Tundra is like the sea. It is big and requires for going on foot. He was searching for his family, then was coming back. And he was late for one exam. The board of examiners could not gather for him alone and he was suggested coming the next summer. And a year later Odessa occured to be in the other state...