Swedes survive sub-zero ordeal

Two Swedes survived 18 hours in sub-zero Arctic temperatures before being rescued from an ice floe after their plane sank.

Two Swedes survived 18 hours in sub-zero Arctic temperatures before being rescued from an ice floe after their plane sank.

Troels Hansen, 45, and Oliver Edwards-Neil, 25, were flying a Cessna Skymaster from Wabush, Newfoundland, to Iqaluit, Nunavut, on Sunday when both engines failed over northern Canada’s Hudson Strait.

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