kickingfrog Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/675-russian-fishermen-rescued-from-drifting-ice-floe/article2388515/ 675 Russian fishermen rescued from drifting ice floe MOSCOW— The Associated Press Published Sunday, Apr. 01, 2012 12:56PM EDT Russia's emergency services rescued 675 fishermen on Sunday from an ice floe that was drifting out to sea in the far east of the country. None of the rescued ice fishermen required medical treatment, the emergency services on Sakhalin Island said. About half of the 675 fishermen were picked up by helicopters and the others by boat. The emergency services said it received a report at midday Sunday that an ice floe was drifting into the Sea of Okhotsk with hundreds of fishermen on it. More than six hours later, all had been rescued. Ice fishermen routinely get stranded on ice floes in Russia, especially in the spring as the temperatures rise. Sunday's operation was unusual only in the high number that had to be rescued. One of the rescued fishermen, Vladimir Vasilenko, said they should have known better than to go out on such a day. “Of course the wind was blowing from the shore. We should have thought that something could happen, but people were going and we went as well,” he said in a televised interview. “We also heard on the radio that it was the last chance for fishermen, and so we went fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dondorfish Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Wonder if they get volume dicount on rescue fees :whistling: - All joking aside, glad to hear that everyone made it off the ice safe and sound! Tracker (Don) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 wonder if they have to pay for rescue services Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThisPlaceSucks Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 hahahahaha! i guess stupidity doesn't know international boundaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Seems they are prepared. Ice fishermen routinely get stranded on ice floes in Russia, especially in the spring as the temperatures rise. Sunday's operation was unusual only in the high number that had to be rescued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NAW Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Lets see here.. $200 a head, 675 heads.. That's $135,000. Good deal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Funny that noone tried to jump it on there atv... haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Caster Posted April 1, 2012 Report Share Posted April 1, 2012 Imagine rock95 said "its your last chance to ice fish"? They'd get in big doo doo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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