The temperature could also be dropping right here in New York, however it doesn’t evaluate to the freezing chilly of the Sea of Okhotsk — the Russian waterway through which Mikhail Pichugin spent over two months adrift earlier than his rescue this week.
Pichugin set out on a catamaran together with his brother and teenage nephew on August 9, and the trio shortly misplaced contact with shore. The boat remained misplaced till the evening of October 14, when a fishing boat noticed the small boat and alerted rescuers, who discovered solely Pichugin left alive. CNN has the main points, per Russian outlet RIA Novosti:
Pichugin will likely be taken to a hospital for medical remedy within the city of Magadan, in Russia’s far east, RIA reported.
He’s “in severe situation, emaciated, however aware,” the director of the fishing firm that stumbled upon the adrift boat instructed RIA.
Whereas RIA Novosti’s credibility could also be up for debate, given the outlet’s love of articles about how Russia is completely profitable the struggle in Ukraine and its AI-generated photos on items justifying the nation’s expansionism (plus a bizarre variety of internet advertisements for Solitaire) this type of native human curiosity story is extra more likely to be true than something on a nationwide scale. It additionally incorporates a tidbit from Pichugin’s spouse, claiming the person’s weight was the rationale for his survival — at 220 kilos, he may outlast the others as soon as their meals ran out.
So, in the event you’re planning a ship journey into freezing waters this winter, eat a number of burgers earlier than you go. Optimistically, you gained’t want them, however ought to the worst come to cross they may simply make it easier to journey out till rescue.
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