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Drift ice of the Okhotsk SeaRyuhyo

Also known as: オホーツクの流氷・流氷

Sea ice that blankets the Okhotsk shore in deep winter. Icebreaker vessels setting out from Abashiri and Monbetsu let you pass right beside the cracking floes, in a scene that has come to symbolize the northern winter.

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