A Russian gentleman, Mikhail Pichugin, survived over two decades drifting in the snowy waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, the coldest water in East Asia, in an inflatable boat. The struggle claimed the lives of his nephew and 15-year-old grandson.
Pichugin, along with his sibling Sergei and brother Peter, set off on August 9 from the Khabarovsk place in the Russian Far East, heading to Sakhalin, a Russian area, aboard an inflatable boat, authorities said. Their ship was spotted on Monday, 66 days after, about 1, 000 km from their starting stage.
A man discovered Pichugin close to the floating boat’s body, which also contained his family ‘ bodies.
In a video released by prosecutors, Pichugin, visibly weakened, is heard saying,” I do n’t have much strength”, but he managed to grab a rope thrown by the fishermen.
Studies suggest the party had around 20 liters of water and survived on collected rainwater, dried pasta, and vegetables. Pichugin explained that his brother died in early September, followed by his nephew, who fell into the icy water and eventually succumbed, despite being retrieved.
Pichugin used the systems ‘ life jackets as indicators to draw attention, and pinned them to the boat to stop them from drifting apart. The community was from Ulan-Ude in Siberia, but Pichugin had been working as a vehicle in Sakhalin. They had planned a ocean vacation to see sharks, according to friends.
Pichugin’s family, Yekaterina, called his success” a kind of wonder”. She claimed that the people had just packed enough food and water for two weeks. She continued, noting that even though her husband was 100 pounds before the struggle, he had already lost half of his bodyweight.
After the pair went missing, rescuers believed the ship had drifted toward Kamchatka, so they launched a search for them.
Although they expressed concerns about possible cold, Pichugin was taken to a doctor in Magadan where physicians described his situation as “more or less secure”
A criminal investigation into possible safety guideline breaches has been launched while investigators are looking into the inflatable boat to know what transpired. Pichugin may receive a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
In 1960, four Russian troops survived 49 times adrift in the Pacific Ocean before being rescued by the US plane ship Kearsarge, according to RIA Novosti, a Russian news agency.
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