Oct 31st, 2012 at 8:00AM: A Russian cargo ship carrying more than 700 tons of gold ore has gone missing off the country's Pacific Coast after sending a distress call a few days back. The ship, which is named "Amurskaya," had a crew of nine aboard at the time and was headed for the island of Feklistov in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The cargo vessel was contracted by a mining company called Polymetal to ship its cargo to a ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Russian Ship Carrying 700 Tons Of Gold Ore Goes Missing
Oct 31st, 2012 at 8:00AM: A Russian cargo ship carrying more than 700 tons of gold ore has gone missing off the country's Pacific Coast after sending a distress call a few days back. The ship, which is named "Amurskaya," had a crew of nine aboard at the time and was headed for the island of Feklistov in the Sea of Okhotsk.
The cargo vessel was contracted by a mining company called Polymetal to ship its cargo to a ...Ships, sailors trapped by ice in the Sea of Okhotsk
Jan 4th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Multiple ships have become trapped in the thick winter ice in the Sea of Okhotsk, located off the east coast of Russia's Siberia, stranding more than 500 sailors in incredibly cold conditions. Reports indicate that some of the ships have been stuck there since last Friday with temperatures hovering around -10 degrees Fahrenheit, while they await rescue.
Yesterday, a Russian icebreaker was ...Photo: Strange Clouds Over Sea of Okhotsk
Jul 3rd, 2007 at 2:11PM:
The nice folks over at Pink Tentacle rustled up this photo of a strange cumulus formation called "cloud street" found over the Sea of Okhotsk. The picture was snapped from a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft on June 18. According to Pink Tentacle, the "low-altitude stratocumulus clouds were rolled into long, distinctive ribbons after becoming trapped in air currents." Very surreal. See also: The ...
