Day Eighty-Six: Russian boat crew rescued

This story has been fairly widely reported. I picked up the AP version from the International Herald Tribune. It tells of a Russian fishing crew whose boats were wrecked about 3 months ago, but who managed to subsist on a few supplies of their own plus those they found in an abandoned military base. When their meagre supplies began to run dry, five of them set off on foot to seek help. Several days later they stumbled upon another military base - this time, thankfully, it was manned. Rescue services were called and helicopters carried them all to safety. Amazingly, it seems that none of the crew suffered any serious health effects - despite having survived on a diet largely consisting of fried flour pancakes for the best part of 3 months! Just shows what can be done with determination - and an iron constitution!