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Sailors save pooch from icy predicament

A dog had a lucky escape when a Polish boat rescued him from an ice floe that had carried him more than 100 km up a river and out onto the icy waters of the Baltic Sea.

"My crew saw... a shape moving on the water and we immediately decided to get closer to check if it was a dog or maybe a seal relaxing on the ice," said Jan Joachim, senior officer aboard the Baltica.