« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: American lone sailor held in far east Russia near Alaska  (Read 330 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline TomSea

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 40,432
  • Gender: Male
  • All deserve a trial if accused
American lone sailor held in far east Russia near Alaska
« on: August 03, 2018, 01:56:26 pm »
Quote
American lone sailor held in far east Russia near Alaska

Russian border guards are holding an American man who came ashore in the remote far eastern Chukotka region after sailing in a dinghy from Alaska.

The man's motives are not clear. He was found exhausted near Lavrentiya, a coastal village, Russian media report.

Russia's foreign ministry named him as John Martin, born in 1972, from Anchorage. He reportedly got lost at sea after leaving the Yukon River.



Read more at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45059221
Logged

Offline Sanguine

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 35,986
  • Gender: Female
  • Ex-member
Re: American lone sailor held in far east Russia near Alaska
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2018, 02:40:12 pm »
Odd.  He's not a youngster.  Maybe he really did get lost.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »