In Primorye’s Amur Bay, ice floes with fishermen are possible during the week. It has been reported press service All-Russian Research Institute of Civil Defense and Emergencies (VNII GOChS).
According to scientists, the thickness of the ice cover in the Asian part of Russia ranges from 18 to 75 cm, while the thickness of the ice in the Amur Gulf is 20 cm.
“Institute experts estimate that in a strong southeasterly wind, amateur fishermen are most likely to break ice fields,” VNII GOChS said in a statement.
The institute added that the ice thickness in the European part of Russia is between 8 and 45 cm, so people and equipment can fall through the ice.
Previously reportedThat a 40-year-old woman in the Krasnoyarsk Territory drowned in a VAZ car while driving on the ice. A gentleman has arranged for her a romantic walk on the ice.