

I’m drawing my strength from a childhood dream. And if I say ‘Come on, there's nothing difficult about it!’ don't believe me. The ability to see your loved ones, to talk to them – it's impossible to replace. Of course, we correspond, call each other, but this is not the same at all. Of course, I try to stay cheerful, but it's not easy to live without the voices of loved ones. Yes, it's hard to be away from family and friends. The only difficulty is that I am not getting younger – physical activity becomes more difficult with age. I have not experienced any special physical inconveniences during the expedition.

Stanislav Berezkin: I have spent 2/3 of my life outside the comfort zone, I am also accustomed to making do with little. How difficult is it to be away from family and friends, to make do with little, to get out of the comfort zone? Where do you get the strength for this?” “A year has passed since you left the coast of Russia and went to conquer the expanses of the World Ocean. From distant Argentina, the crew of the international project of the Tomsk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society shared with our readers the most difficult moments of the circumnavigation, the brightest emotions, views on life, and answers to complex philosophical questions that inevitably arise among people on the boundless ocean. The Russians met hundreds of new friends, told thousands of foreigners about the beauty of the nature of their homeland and the richness of its culture, charmed many people with their courage and unbending will, friendliness and inexhaustible optimism. Now, after a year of sailing, more than 16,000 kilometers of ocean and dozens of ports in 12 countries of the world have been left astern.

Their goal is to repeat the path of the first Russian round-the-world expeditions of the 19th century. On the first day of July, not the easiest for humanity in 2021, two brave Siberians Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin set sail form Kronstadt on a sailing inflatable trimaran.
