A miraculous rescue operation unfolded in the bitterly cold waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, as a 46-year-old Russian man, identified as Mikhail Pichugin, was found alive after spending 67 days adrift on a small boat. Tragically, his brother and teenage son did not survive the ordeal.
The Sea of Okhotsk, known for its extreme cold temperatures, is located in Russia's eastern Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula. Typically frozen over between October and March, it is considered the coldest sea in East Asia.
