Man rescued dog from icy lake in daring operation

Ove Karlsen, who works as an electrician on North Sea oil platforms lowered himself into an icy Norwegian lake to save a trapped St. Bernard last month.

Karlsen edged himself out over the ice, wearing a wetsuit he had put on especially for the rescue attempt, slipped into the water to greet the suffering animal, and then coaxed it to a rope he had laid over the ice.
"I did what I had to do and actually acted on impulse," Karlsen said.

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He said that when wife Stine came home, telling him of the struggling dog she'd seen, he had felt compelled to go out and try and save it. After a visit to a local vet, the dog was reunited with its grateful owners.