Baltic Sea
Cargo and passenger ships with thousands on board trapped by ice in the Baltic Sea
March 05, 2010A number of ships, including ferries with more than 1,000 passengers on board, have become stuck in ice in the Baltic Sea, BBC reports. The ferries are stranded in the waters between Stockholm and the Aland Islands, while cargo boats are stuck in the...
Giant tropical swordfish caught in northern sea by a Russian
July 15, 2009A man from the Russian city of Kaliningrad caught a gigantic swordfish on July 12, which was marked as Fishing Day in Russia. The fish weighed more than 75 kilos – such large tropical fish is extremely rare in Russia’s northern seas. The man...