Each summer thousands of tourists and locals flock to the Ukraine's Arcadia beach, one of the most popular in eastern Europe, and listen to the waves lap peacefully against the shore.
But this winter as the temperatures drop below -20 degrees Celsius the sea there is making a very different sound.
The Black Sea near the city of Odessa has frozen over for the first time since 1977 and the ice and rocks are rubbing against each other to create an alien soundscape of bizarre squeaks, chirps and whines.
Ukraine has been hardest hit by Europe's recent cold snap, with 136 people in the former Soviet republic reported dead from the freezing condition...see photos
The Ukrainian government said around 90 percent of the deaths were alcohol-related.
"Alcohol creates the illusion of being warm, so it's not surprising that people are drinking and not surprising that they pass out," Red Cross spokesman Joe Lowry said.
"Obviously, a full belly or hot drinks is far, far better for you than vodka."
Another 3000 people have been hospitalised because of the cold.
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