07.02.2024, 07:04
Japan announced contacts with Russia on killer whales stuck in the ice
Source: OREANDA-NEWS
OREANDA-NEWS Japan is in contact with Russia in connection with killer whales stuck in the ice near the Japanese city of Rausu in Hokkaido, said Secretary General of the Government of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi.
Earlier, NHK reported that about 10 killer whales were trapped in drifting ice off the coast of the northern Japanese town of Rausu on the coast of the Kunashir Strait. Killer whales are stuck at a distance of about a kilometer from the shore, because of the movement of the ice, people cannot get close to them to help. According to eyewitnesses, three or four baby killer whales were also trapped.
Earlier, Vice Speaker of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov ("New People") appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations with a request to rescue the killer whales trapped in the ice. According to the deputy, 350 kilometers to the north, in Aniva Bay, there are Russian rescue vessels of reinforced ice class that could cope with this task, it is only necessary to coordinate the rescue operation with Japan. An expert from Moscow State University, Sergei Mukhametov, told RIA Novosti that killer whales trapped off the coast of Hokkaido can be saved if they create a wormwood with the help of a vessel, but there is little time for this: an ice-class vessel needs to be sent to the area, it is not even necessary that it be an icebreaker, the vessel will cover the place from the wind, under the side immediately a wormwood is formed.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also reacted to the situation. She said that Japan should have the means to rescue killer whales from "ice captivity", experts are confident that they can be saved. She believes that this does not require full-fledged icebreakers, it is enough just to use a vessel of the minimum ice class, which would cover them from the wind and create a wormwood. In her opinion, Japan has such vessels. She also wondered "why the alarm is not being sounded" by international environmentalists.
Vladimir Melnikov, a marine mammal specialist at the Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti that killer whales trapped in ice off Japan can hold out until the wind direction changes, so in this area "the ice is broken, not solid." He also said that killer whales can last 15-20 minutes without air, for them getting into an ice trap is a very rare phenomenon.
Earlier, NHK reported that about 10 killer whales were trapped in drifting ice off the coast of the northern Japanese town of Rausu on the coast of the Kunashir Strait. Killer whales are stuck at a distance of about a kilometer from the shore, because of the movement of the ice, people cannot get close to them to help. According to eyewitnesses, three or four baby killer whales were also trapped.
Earlier, Vice Speaker of the State Duma Vladislav Davankov ("New People") appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations with a request to rescue the killer whales trapped in the ice. According to the deputy, 350 kilometers to the north, in Aniva Bay, there are Russian rescue vessels of reinforced ice class that could cope with this task, it is only necessary to coordinate the rescue operation with Japan. An expert from Moscow State University, Sergei Mukhametov, told RIA Novosti that killer whales trapped off the coast of Hokkaido can be saved if they create a wormwood with the help of a vessel, but there is little time for this: an ice-class vessel needs to be sent to the area, it is not even necessary that it be an icebreaker, the vessel will cover the place from the wind, under the side immediately a wormwood is formed.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, also reacted to the situation. She said that Japan should have the means to rescue killer whales from "ice captivity", experts are confident that they can be saved. She believes that this does not require full-fledged icebreakers, it is enough just to use a vessel of the minimum ice class, which would cover them from the wind and create a wormwood. In her opinion, Japan has such vessels. She also wondered "why the alarm is not being sounded" by international environmentalists.
Vladimir Melnikov, a marine mammal specialist at the Pacific Oceanological Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told RIA Novosti that killer whales trapped in ice off Japan can hold out until the wind direction changes, so in this area "the ice is broken, not solid." He also said that killer whales can last 15-20 minutes without air, for them getting into an ice trap is a very rare phenomenon.
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