The Russian passenger ship Igor Farkhutdinov with 127 passengers aboard the coast of Japan came across ice fields up to 1.5 meters. According to experts, the density of ice reaches 10 points on a ten-point scale. The Ministry of Transport and Road Facilities of the Sakhalin Oblast, on the instructions of the Governor Oleg Kozhemyako, took control of the situation, the website of the governor and the government of Sakhalin. The ship left the port of Malokurilsky on the island of Shikotan in the Sakhalin port of Korsakov on February 5. At the exit from Kunashirsky the ship got into dense ice. Satellite maps show that the ship can break through the ice to clean water - the distance to them is quite small, said the general director of the maritime company "Sakhalin - Kuriles" Sergei Kondrashin. He added that the life and safety of passengers is not threatened - the ship is lead by an experienced captain, and the ship itself has an ice class. The ice situation, according to Kondrashin, can improve already on February 8. "We are in contact with the ship's crew.

Passengers are provided with everything necessary, it is decided to feed them for free. On board, there is enough food and water. And the fuel will last at least a week, "the head of the Maritime Company. According to Kondrashin, such incidents occur in the region periodically. Crews of ships have always overcome the difficulties that have fallen on their share. Sergei Sadovnikov, the Minister of Transport of Sakhalin, said that if the ice situation becomes more complicated, an icebreaker from Vladivostok.