In this photo http://www.panoramio.com/photo/68753746 taken on December 11, 2010, you can see MB-379 towed by tanker KROPOTKIN.

Extract from the Russian sea news it has translated quite well.

"On the night of 9 December 10 in the port of Okhotsk severed from the jetty and issued to the open sea marine tug " MB -379 " with oil barges " NNB 116-06 ." As reported SeaNews press service of Ministry of Transport with reference to the information GMSKTS , cause of the accident was caused by bad weather and the movements of the ice . Court stood in the cold winter laid up in the port of Okhotsk, at berth number 2 , without a crew on board , shore power is disconnected , the barge tipped from petroleum . In 4-30 December 10 tanker " Kropotkin " discovered tug with a barge 5 miles from the port of Okhotsk, took in tow " MB -379 " ( take the lift barge was not possible ) . Within 2 miles from the coast due to strong winds and waves lift broke , because of the night time drift " MB -379 " could not be found . Ship owner - the State Unitary Enterprise "Khabarovsk Airlines" - refuses to carry out rescue work."

Frozen in time !! Awesome !!

This photo is awesome,sad and eerie all at the same time.Real nice shot!! Thanks.

Amazing photo....Like mar_picado....I'm a tropics man ... Getting very nervous just looking at this!
Thanks for posting such an unusual shot.

Man, I'm a warm weather creature, but getting cold just looking at her. Nice pic, though.

http://www.seanews.ru/news/news.asp?newsID=1010480
Sorry, only in Russian language.

Wow! -Is there a story regarding this outstanding picture? This shot looks to me so alive - But in the same time frozen by the coldness! Great one Igor! Regards from (not so cold) Switzerland - Marc