Desperate SOS message written with chunks of sea ice saves two stricken skiers on frozen bay after gear fell into water
TWO desperate skiers have used ice chunks to spell out SOS after a frozen bay broke under them while asleep. The stricken German couple were camping on the frozen Bothnian Bay when the ice cracked in the middle of the night. The "experienced" pair were trekking about 100miles across the frozen sea between Oulu, Finland,...
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Sea Rescue Center Åbo received the emergency call and coordinated the rescue operation.
"Sea Rescue Center Åbo received the emergency call and the West Finland Coast Guard rushed to their rescue."
Airplanes from Sweden and Finland participated in the search operation for the stranded skiers.
""Airplanes from both Sweden and Finland participated in the search.""
The ice cracked under the skiers' tent while they were sleeping on the frozen Bothnian Bay.
"The stricken German couple were camping on the frozen Bothnian Bay when the ice cracked in the middle of the night."
The skiers' gear plunged into the sub-Arctic water when the ice broke up.
"But the ice began to break up while they slept and nearly all of their gear plunged into the sub-Arctic water."
Two German skiers used chunks of sea ice to spell out SOS after the ice cracked under their tent on the frozen Bothnian Bay.
"TWO desperate skiers have used ice chunks to spell out SOS after a frozen bay broke under them while asleep."
The Bothnian Bay typically freezes over for up to half of each year due to its shallow depth and low salinity.
"Relatively shallow with low salinity, it typically freezes over for up to half of each year."
The skiers sounded the alarm using a radio beacon around 6.30am.
"They managed to scramble to more solid ice, and sounded the alarm using a radio beacon around 6.30am."
The rescue operation took place last Tuesday according to Finnish news channel MTV News.
"According to the Finnish news channel MTV News, the rescue operation took place last Tuesday."