Rescue 700 Russian fishermen in distress

On quarter, the rescue workers belonging to the Russian state of emergency on Sakhalin Island to rescue 675 fishermen werestranded on an iceberg.

Representative bodies say they have received emergency information that an iceberg floating out to sea and hundreds offishermen Okhotsk in on it. The ice has gone out to sea about 500 meters before being stranded.

Rescuers save stranded people go fishing in Russia today one quarter (Image: BBC) Emergency Agency Russia has mobilizedtwo helicopters, 11 ships and 48 participants and rescue. Just over six hours later, all were rescued. Their health are stable and none required medical treatment. About half of those rescuedwere taken ashore by helicopter, the rest go by train.

One of those who have survived, Vladimir Vasilenko said: "The wind blows out from the shore so we should be aware that there will be about. However, monitoring radio talk show today is thelast chance to go fishing, so we went all ".

Fishing through holes drilled in the icy waters as popularentertainment in the winter in Russia. The anglers of this typeusually stuck on the ice floes, especially as spring temperatureson the rise. The incident on 1/4 is only unusual because of the participants in overcrowded fishing.