The dog's owners were visiting Savoonga in the Bering Strait in March when Nanuq disappeared along with their other pet dog, Starlight. Starlight turned up after a few weeks but Nanuq was nowhere to be found.
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UPDATED: Apr 13, 2023
By India Today World Desk:
1-year-old Australian shepherd was wound up walking on Bering Sea ice. (Image: AP)
A one-year-old Australian shepherd went missing from the house of its owners in Alaska's Gambell before it returned after over a month, but with wounds from being bitten by a seal or polar bear. Though the dog, Nanuq, returned to his home in Alaska, the pet dog took an epic trek across 241 km of frozen Bering Sea ice. The pet dog was retrieved with the aid of social media when locals in the northeast of Savoonga on Alaska's western coast began to upload pictures of the dog.
As per reports, the dog's owners were visiting Savoonga in the Bering Strait in March when Nanuq disappeared along with their other pet dog, Starlight. Starlight turned up after a few weeks but Nanuq was nowhere to be found.
Its owners made guesses about how it would have survived the journey but didn't forget to term it a "smart" dog.
"I am pretty sure he ate leftovers of seal or caught a seal. Probably birds, too. He's smart," the owner of the dog was quoted as saying by news agency AP.
The owners recalled how they located Nanuq on Facebook when the father of Iworrigan, who is the dog's owner, showed him a picture on the social media platform.
"I was like 'no freaking way!' That's our dog! What is he doing in Wales?" Iworrigan told AP.
"I have no idea why he ended up in Wales. Maybe the ice shifted while he was hunting," Iworrigan said. She further mentioned that Nanuq was brought back to Gambell on a regional air carrier which was transporting athletes for the Bering Strait School District's Native Youth Olympics tournament.
Though Nanuq's expedition will always remain a mystery, the marks and wounds on its body compelled the owners to conclude that he would be "hunting". Except for a swollen leg and a few bite marks, Nanuq's health was alright.
By India Today World Desk:
1-year-old Australian shepherd was wound up walking on Bering Sea ice. (Image: AP)
A one-year-old Australian shepherd went missing from the house of its owners in Alaska's Gambell before it returned after over a month, but with wounds from being bitten by a seal or polar bear. Though the dog, Nanuq, returned to his home in Alaska, the pet dog took an epic trek across 241 km of frozen Bering Sea ice. The pet dog was retrieved with the aid of social media when locals in the northeast of Savoonga on Alaska's western coast began to upload pictures of the dog.
As per reports, the dog's owners were visiting Savoonga in the Bering Strait in March when Nanuq disappeared along with their other pet dog, Starlight. Starlight turned up after a few weeks but Nanuq was nowhere to be found.
Its owners made guesses about how it would have survived the journey but didn't forget to term it a "smart" dog.
"I am pretty sure he ate leftovers of seal or caught a seal. Probably birds, too. He's smart," the owner of the dog was quoted as saying by news agency AP.
The owners recalled how they located Nanuq on Facebook when the father of Iworrigan, who is the dog's owner, showed him a picture on the social media platform.
"I was like 'no freaking way!' That's our dog! What is he doing in Wales?" Iworrigan told AP.
"I have no idea why he ended up in Wales. Maybe the ice shifted while he was hunting," Iworrigan said. She further mentioned that Nanuq was brought back to Gambell on a regional air carrier which was transporting athletes for the Bering Strait School District's Native Youth Olympics tournament.
Though Nanuq's expedition will always remain a mystery, the marks and wounds on its body compelled the owners to conclude that he would be "hunting". Except for a swollen leg and a few bite marks, Nanuq's health was alright.
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