There is a small island in the Southern Ocean. No one knows about him, except for polar explorers who winter in Antarctica and their relatives. On the island, right on the rocks, there are sarcophagi. Here are buried people who are not written about in geography textbooks, but without whom it would be impossible to develop this land. More than 60 years have passed since the first burial. During this time, the cemetery has never had a major overhaul. A team of 8 went to Antarctica to do it for the first time.

Russian polar station in Antarctica. Two or three panel houses on stilts, two or three paths between them. Fifteen polar explorers. And all around is snow. From routine to extreme, one step towards whiteness. "Zimovka" is a story about people living at the end of the world.

In the summer of 2007, a group of four volcanologists landed in Medvezhya Bay on Iturup Island in the Great Kuril Ridge. The purpose of the expedition is to study the Kudryavy volcano, the hottest on the planet. Volcanologists will have to live on the island for 2 months. And this part of their life will pass away from stuffy cities, from demanding civilization, from endless fuss. It is believed that 7515 years have passed since the creation of the world, but it seems that nothing has changed on Iturup since then.

Aleksey, the lighthouse keeper, lived on the island of Zhuzhmuy for eleven years. Every morning he went into radio contact with Arkady, a lighthouse from Rombak Island. Lighthouses were lit every evening at the lighthouses. All these years they shone regularly, until one day one of them went out.