Sea ice appeared last week along the coastline of the Bohai Sea and northern Yellow Sea as cold fronts pushed the temperature down to minus 10 degrees Celsius, said Guo Kecai, deputy general engineer of the North China Sea Branch (NCSB) of the State Oceanic Administration.
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A mariculturist breaks the ice on the sea in Jiaozhou, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 10, 2010 |
With another cold front expected Monday, the sea ice along the coastline would further develop, experts said.
More than 200 fishing boats were frozen at a port in Dongying Village in the Jiaozhou Bay. Fishermen said the ice sheet could be20 cm to 30 cm thick.
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Police help move the vessels stucked by ice in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 10, 2010 |
The NCSB had strengthened monitoring on icing conditions and sent warnings to local residents and governments.