Four Russians have been rescued after being stranded in below-freezing temperatures in a remote Arctic region, The Siberian Times newspaper reported Friday.
Three men and one woman had been traveling a 270-kilometer distance from the village of Berezovka to the town of Srednekolymsk in the republic of Sakha when their two snowmobiles broke down in the woods, forcing them to seek out shelter by foot. Temperatures outside were reportedly minus 18 degrees Celsius, and none of the people had brought their phones.
A passing helicopter spotted the group and, after completing its flight, returned to save them.
“We were on the way from Srednekolymsk to Berezovka when we saw a group of people who started waving [their] arms in the air when they saw us,” the pilot, Semyon Semyonov, told The Siberian Times. “There was no transport next to them which we found strange, because no one goes this far without either a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle.”
When the helicopter returned to find the group, its crew spotted a large fire burning near the forest.
“We know that in the taiga this means SOS,” Semyonov said. “We got in touch with the head office and requested a landing to pick them up.”
Video shows the group braving the wind and snow to get to the helicopter. The four people were reportedly offered hot tea once they got on board the aircraft and were flown to their final destination of Srednekolymsk.
(c) The Moscow Times
“Temperatures outside were reportedly minus 18 degrees Celsius, and none of the people had brought their phones.”
They allow these people to breed. No wonder Muscovy is a fucked up country full of retards.
Would there be cell service there. Many sites I worked in the Alberta oil patch had limited to no service.
You would never find out if you leave your phone at home. 😊
This might be the reason why they left them home…
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Lots of places I worked at 3 to 4 hours west of Edmonton were too far from cell towers. If you drove half an hour north you got closer to Hwy 43 and could get cell service. Hwy 43 heads to the Alaska Hwy. Those locations lacking service, you could not talk to the spruce tree you were leaning on. Somewhat remote you could say, but probably not as remote as those people in Siberia.
Both snowmobiles broke down and no phones with them. Dumbasses! I’m much better prepared when traveling in far less remote areas.
You are not Russian, facts. 😊
Darwin is rolling in his grave.
Survival of the fittest ?
No….. survival for 4 Russian dumbasses .
I think Darwin was on to something when he talked about the “missing link”. He was looking in the wrong place.
Yeah, you just have to wonder how much bathtub vodka was involved
Yep, Darwin would have found the missing link between humans and monkeys……in Moskovia.
Troglodites and bears.