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Russia on Thursday dispatched a third icebreaker through howling storms to the rescue of hundreds of fishermen trapped in icy seas off Russia's Far East coast since Dec 30.
The Admiral Krasin icebreaker was encountering "heavy snow, zero visibility, snow-covered ice" and other difficulties as it tried to reach three stranded vessels, ITAR-TASS quoted a transportation ministry spokesman as saying.
More than 400 people became trapped when their craft - a canning factory ship, a refrigerator ship and a research vessel - ran into bad weather in the Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the Pacific stretching between the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Sakhalin Islands.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talked to the captain of one of the ships by telephone on Tuesday, telling him to "hold on" and promising that help would reach them soon.
Two icebreakers had previously been sent to rescue the fishermen, one of which became stuck on Wednesday and was later forced to retreat to safer waters.
The second icebreaker, the Admiral Makarov, was still 4 km away from the stranded craft, news agencies reported.
Russian news reports have said that the fisherman had sufficient food and water supplies, and no problems on board the vessels were reported on Thursday.
"There is no immediate threat to the stranded ships," the transportation ministry official said.
Questions:
1. What is the name of the icebreaker?
2. How many people are trapped?
3. What is the name of the Russian Prime Minister?
Answers:
1. The Admiral Krasin.
2. 400.
3. Vladimir Putin.
（中国日报网英语点津 Helen 编辑）
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Lee Hannon is Chief Editor at China Daily with 15-years experience in print and broadcast journalism. Born in England, Lee has traveled extensively around the world as a journalist including four years as a senior editor in Los Angeles. He now lives in Beijing and is happy to move to China and join the China Daily team.
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