Hazard spot
Sea of Okhotsk: Drifting ice
Sea of Okhotsk: From December to April drift ice stands in large fields, with fog in spring. A leisure boat effectively has no season here.
- Cause
- Drifting ice
- Main season
- December to April
- Position
- 53° 00,0' N 147° 00,0' E
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Sea of Okhotsk: how the place works
From December to April the sea is largely covered with ice, making it the southernmost sea in the northern hemisphere that freezes regularly. Even in summer it is cold, foggy and stormy, and harbours for yachts barely exist.
Sea of Okhotsk: what breaks there
Ice pressure and drift ice in winter, fog and gales in summer. For yachts this sea is not a cruising ground but a stretch encountered on the way to the Northeast Passage.
Sea of Okhotsk: what this means for your policy
Ice contact is excluded as a rule, and for Russian waters an exclusion or a special agreement applies on top. Without both, no cover can be arranged here.
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And what applies right now?
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