Russian authorities rescue stranded fishermen from ice floe

Russia’s emergency services said Wednesday that it had rescued all 139 fishermen stranded on an ice floe drifting in the Sea of Okhotsk in the Western Pacific.

Earlier, the ministry said that about 300 were stranded and that some of them refused “to leave without a catch under any circumstances.”

The ministry posted several videos from the rescue operation, including one showing fishermen walking on snowy ice away from the rescuers.

But later the ministry said on the Telegram messaging service that a rescue operation involving helicopters and vessels had brought all 139 stranded people ashore.