Off the East coast of Russia in the Sea of Okhotsk, where the temperature is around -22ยบC, three fishing vessels are trapped in ice as the sea freezes over. Read the full story story here.
The crews are not thought to be in any immediate danger with enough supplies to last them for weeks - they have already been trapped since last year.
Eighty years ago the Grimsby trawler Sargon became stuck in ice - and re-appeared back in her home port over four months later having ben picked up by a German trawler and towed to Iceland - this was well after she had been pronounced lost at sea with all hands - one of the wives had even re-married in the meantime! She was eventually lost in 1948, capsizing off Iceland after icing up.
Reports over global warming have used the Sea of Oshotsk as a sort of barometer indicating changes in global warming - with ironic results!
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