(Vladivostok) Dozens of cars have been delivered to a Russian port caked in several inches of ice due to freak weather.

Unusually cold and windy conditions meant the cars were plated with a thick layer of frozen seawater on arrival in Vladivostok on board the Sun Rio Ro-Ro cargo carrier.

The frozen vehicles had to be hoisted off the deck by a crane in temperatures of -19C (-2F) in Russia’s Pacific capital on Tuesday.

Some were clad in ice up to six inches thick, said reports.

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