RUSSIAN COAST

Imagine this: two Chinese coast guard ships set sail from Zhoushan, a city in China's eastern province of Zhejiang, on a 35-day mission with their Russian counterparts. They traveled over 17, 000 nautical miles, exploring the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and even the Arctic Ocean. This wasn't just a casual cruise; it was a patrol mission to enforce fisheries laws. In Ju...

Mikhail Pichugin, a 45-year-old Russian whale watcher, recently shared the heart-wrenching details of his 67-day ordeal at sea. He was found drifting in an inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk, near the Kamchatka peninsula. The boat carried the bodies of his brother, Sergey Pichugin, 49, and his nephew, Ilya, 15, who had died weeks earlier. Ilya reportedly died fro...