Russia's operation to rescue its ice-nipped vessels in the Sea of Okhotsk cost five million dollars, a spokesperson for the Far Eastern Shipping Company said on Monday.
Admiral Makarov icebreaker. Photo: RIA Novosti Russia's operation to rescue its ice-nipped vessels in the Sea of Okhotsk cost five million dollars, a spokesperson for the Far Eastern Shipping Company said on Monday. The Sodruzhestvo mother fishery ship, the Bereg Nadezhdy freighter and the Professor Kizevetter research vessel got stuck in thick ice in the area on December 31. Two other ships, the Mys Yelizavety and the Anton Gurin, became trapped there a few days later. The Krasin and Admiral Makarov icebreakers rescued the ice-trapped Sodruzhestvo ship on Sunday, ending the month-long operation.