Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations sent out rescue teams to retrieve the stranded fishermen.
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00:00109 fishermen have been rescued from a drifting ice flow in the Sea of Okhotsk in Russia's
00:06Sakhalin region, according to the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
00:11The fishermen became stranded after a 10-metre crack formed on the island of Sakhalin, from
00:17the village of Malki to the mouth of the Dolinka River.
00:20The ministry says 44 people were rescued by an Mi-8 helicopter, but several remained on
00:26the ice flow as they did not want to abandon their catch and equipment.
00:30Those remaining were picked up by boat instead.