Russia’s emergency services said Wednesday that he had rescued the 139 fishermen stranded in a touch of ice that is derived in the Okhotsky Sea in the Western Pacific.
Previously, the ministry said that around 300 were stranded and that some of them refused to “go without catching under any circumstances.”
The Ministry published several videos of the rescue operation, including one that shows fishermen walking on snowy ice away from rescuers.
But later, the Ministry said in the telegram messaging service that a rescue operation that involves helicopters and boats had brought the 139 people stranded to the ground.
It was not clear why so many fishermen had gathered at the scene of the Sakhalin region of Russia. Traditionally, Sakhalin’s winter fishing season begins at the beginning of February with an active bite period until April.
An ice crack of approximately 33 feet was formed from the Russian town of Malki to the mouth of the Dolinka River in the Sakhalin region, which places fishermen drifting in the Okhotsk Sea, the ministry said previously.
The winters in the Sakhalin region in the Far East of Russia, which is composed of Sakhalin Island and the Kuril Islands chain, are cold, snowy and long, often last more than five months.
