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Russian citizen Vladimir Mashkov who was on board South Korean fishing vessel sunken yesterday in Antarctic has been rescued. Reportedly, Mashkov held the position of observer on board the trawler.
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Russian sailor from a ship sank in Antarctic was rescued
12/14/2010 |
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In total, there were 42 men aboard fishing vessel Insung No. 1 – eight Koreans, eight Chinese, eleven Indonesians, eleven Vietnamese, and three Filipinos. Five of them died.
The ship sank 2,700 km off New Zealand. Twenty men were rescued by another vessel; seventeen are reported missing.