ST. PETERSBURG, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - Rescuers have saved all four fishermen who earlier Friday found themselves drifting on an ice floe in Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia near St. Petersburg, a rescue service spokesman said.
"About 16:30 Moscow time [1:30 p.m. GMT] rescuers took four fishermen from a drifting ice floe in Lake Ladoga and are heading for the shore," Alexander Gukalin said.