The Sea of Okhotsk lines the coast of Hokkaido Prefecture, the northernmost main island of Japan. Once again, the season of drift ice has arrived. The ice has traveled 1,000 kilometers from the ...

A map of the Sea of Okhotsk: Speaking to reporters Wednesday from his hospital bed, Pichugin described how the boat's engine broke down and then one of the oars broke, making the boat uncontrollable.

On the beach in Tokoro-cho, Kitami, facing the Sea of Okhotsk, the moon was set to rise around 5:10 p.m. Initially, it was masked by thick clouds gathering in the eastern sky, and appeared only ...

A study by Hokkaido University researchers has shown that floating ice in the Sea of Okhotsk is not only dwindling in terms of coverage area, but has also lost 30 percent of its thickness across a ...