Tag: Sea of Okhotsk

At least 54 dead, 15 missing after Russian trawler sinks off Kamchatka

At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific Ocean late on Wednesday (April 1), officials in the area said. 63 of the 132 people on board the Dalniy Vostok were rescued with the sea’s temperature near zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit), emergencies officials said. “The rescue operation is continuing in the Sea of Okhotsk […]