A 1-year-old dog reportedly survived being lost for a week in the Arctic.
Aika, a white, fluffy Samoyed, ran away from her home in the northern Russian village of Cape Kamenny. A week later, the crew of an ice breaker reportedly found her four miles from home.
“We put out the ladder, by which the dog climbed aboard on its own. Later, with the help of mobile phone, we established contact with the local population, found the owner of the dog,” said navigation assistant Evgeny Nagibin.
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The crew saw Aika laboring to walk, her paws cut from wandering the ice for so long.
After they reached the owners, the crew boarded a hovercraft and returned the Aika to her home, said the ship’s captain, Yegor Agapov, according to Russian media.
“The dog didn’t go anywhere without us, we have no idea how she got there,” said the dog’s owner, Svetlana Chereshneva.
Samoyeds are loyal and friendly dogs with thick fur coats. They were first bred by the ancient indigenous Samoyede nomadic tribes in northern Siberia, according to the Samoyed Club of America.
The Arctic regions are not strangers to remarkable canine feats.
In 1925, Balto, a Siberian husky, led a sled of dogs 500 miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, transporting medicine to stop an outbreak of diphtheria. Balto made the journey in an unprecedented five days, according to the American Kennel Club.
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A statue of Balto’s likeness stands in New York’s Central Park.
