When Fyodor was a child, he dreamed of travelling and admired Russian explorers. He wanted to repeat their travels and in 1977 he followed Vitus Bering's route. Later, he went to Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and Chukotka on a sailing ship. Konyukhov has learnt how to survive in the ice desert, how to build a small house, how to live in low temperatures, and how to ride in a sled.