Good to see the Russian Army keeping busy:
MOSCOW, Russia -- Russian troops have retrieved 10 tons of beer trapped
under Siberian ice, the Itar-Tass news agency has reported.
The truck carrying the beer sank when trying to cross the frozen Irtysh
river, near the Siberian city of Omsk, around 2,200 km (1,400 miles)
from Moscow.
The driver and his partner managed to escape, leaving the beer-laden
truck.
The rescue team of six divers, 10 workers and a modified T-72 tank from
the Emergencies Ministry managed to save the load after a week-long
operation.
They pulled the truck to an ice hole, opened the doors, and managed to
pull out the kegs and bottles of beer.
But as they were ready to retrieve the truck, the rope tore, leaving
the truck on the bottom of the river, deputy head of the Cherlak
district administration Vasily Yatkovsky told Tass.
The Rosar brewery in Omsk, part of the Interbrew Belgian group, says it
is ready to take the beer back.
With temperatures around minus 27 degrees Celsius (minus 17 degrees
Fahrenheit) in the area, the brewery told Tass the beer was still in
good condition.
Tass quoted the brewery as saying it will sell the beer as a rarity,
but with a discount.
