Evgeny Kovalevsky, Stanislav Berezkin and Vincent Thomas Etienne were rescued after their catamaran was attacked by sharks. Photo: RUSSIAN OCEAN WAY/REUTERS
Catamaran tracking the world tour of a 19th century adventurer who was torn apart by sharks, forcing the three men on board to flee to a transport vessel.
Two Russians and a Frenchman en route from Vanuatu in Cairns, activated an SOS signal after both hulls of the boat were damaged during «multiple shark attacks» 519 miles off the coast of Australia, southeast of Cairns in the Coral Sea.
Speaking online about this experience, the crew of the expedition called «Russian Ocean Route» reported that the first attack took place on 4 September. The next day, their boat was again attacked by sharks, causing it to sink.
Aerial footage Photos from the rescue aircraft sent by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) show the catamaran sinking.< /p> Shark attack
AMSA alerted Panama-registered road carrier Dugong Ace, 30 nautical miles away, which changed course and managed to rescue the sailors a few hours later, who were not injured.
Rescue crew The ship threw a long boarding ladder overboard, allowing men to go upstairs without assistance.
“There are many reasons why boats are attacked by sharks. However, the motives of these sharks are unclear,” said Joe Zeller, acting head of the AMSA Response Center.
Mr Zeller said the three sailors «were very happy to have been rescued and they are all safe and sound and on board the Dugong Ace».
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<p>The Russian Geographical Society was founded in 1845, but resumed by Vladimir Putin in 2009.</p>
<p>Putin personally chairs a board of trustees that, prior to the Ukrainian invasion, included Russia's richest tycoons and prominent foreign delegates, including Bernard Looney. , the chief executive of BP, who resigned the day after the start of the war.</p>
<p>Putin used his seat in the Russian Geographical Society to advance his imperialist agenda, seeking to restore the glory of Russian geographical discoveries.</p>
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<p >In the months before the invasion, several thousand Russian troops took part in a nationwide quiz organized by the Russian Geographical Society and promoted by Putin.</p>
<p>The Russian Geographical Society's missions have given Putin a chance to show off his athletic prowess over the years.</p>
<p> In 2011, he famously joined an archaeological expedition in southern Russia and came across ancient amphoras at the site of a recently discovered shipwreck at the bottom of the Black Sea.</p>
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<p>In 2015, Putin descended into the Gulf of Finland on a bathyscaphe and spent half an hour underwater.</p>
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