Happy ending: The dog returns home after trekking more than 240 kilometers across the icy Alaskan sea
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An Australian Shepherd dog made an epic 241km journey through the frigid waters of the Bering Sea, which included being bitten by a seal or a polar bear, before returning safely to his home in Alaska, USA.
Mandy O’Regan, owner of Nanuq who lives in Gambill, Alaska, and her family They were visiting Savogna, Another community on the island of St. Lawrence across the Bering Strait last month When the Australian Shepherd disappeared along with another family dogStarlight, reported that Anchorage Daily News.
Starlight appeared a few weeks later, but Nanuk, which means polar bear in Siberian Yupik, was nowhere to be found.
About a month after the disappearance of one-year-old Nanuk, some people in Wales, on the west coast of Alaska, 241 kilometers northeast of Savonga, began posting pictures on social media. about a lost dog.
“My dad texted me saying, ‘There’s a dog that looks like Nanook in Wales,'” O’Regan said.
The owner of Nanuq has reactivated her Facebook account To confirm if it could be your missing dog.
The concrete adventures during the Nanuk saga will forever be shrouded in mystery.
“I have no idea how it ended up in Wales,” said Urrigan. “Maybe the ice moved while I was fishing.”
“I’m pretty sure he ate seal scraps or caught seals. Maybe birds too. He eats our local food. He’s smart,” he added.
O’Regan filmed their happy encounter last week as the plane touched down on the runway in Savonja.
Except for a swollen paw, with a large Bite marks from an unknown animal, Nanuq is in good health.
“Devoted food specialist. General alcohol fanatic. Amateur explorer. Infuriatingly humble social media scholar. Analyst.”
