More than 220 people who were left drifting at sea after large sections of ice broke away from a shore off Latvia have been saved in a massive rescue operation.
The Latvian State Fire and Rescue Service launched boats, ships and helicopters in a three-hour operation to bring people safely back to land.
Emergency teams launch rescue boats The ice had drifted in strong winds about two and a half miles from the shore by the end of the operation in the Gulf of Riga.
Around 180 people, mostly fishermen were rescued from a floe off the town of Vakarbulli, while another 43 people were taken off the ice near the seaside resort of Jurmala.
One of the rescued men disembarked Viktorija Sembele, a spokeswoman for the State Fire and Rescue Service, said only one person had needed medical treatment.
She said helicopters had carried up to 20 people at a time off the ice floes.
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics used his Facebook page to congratulate the emergency services and army for their "high level of professionalism".
Rescue operations involving people stranded on ice floes occur regularly in the Baltic states, particularly with ice fishermen who often stray far from the shore.
On Thursday authorities had begun warning of a thaw amid high winds - a combination that creates ice floes and pushes them offshore.
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