Nanuq arrives home dog-tired after 150-mile odyssey across sea ice

In this photo provided by Mandy Iworrigan, is Nanuq, a 1-year-old Australian shepherd, after it was returned to Gambell, Alaska, on April 6, 2023. The dog disappeared a month ago from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, and wound up walking on the Bering Sea ice about 150 miles to Wales, Alaska, on the state’s western coast. (Mandy Iworrigan via AP)

A one-year-old pet dog took an epic trek across 150 miles of frozen Bering Sea ice, being bitten by a seal or polar bear before being returned safely to his home in Alaska.

Mandy Iworrigan – owner of Australian shepherd Nanuq, who lives in Gambell, Alaska – and her family were visiting Savoogna, another St Lawrence Island community in the Bering Strait, last month when Nanuq disappeared with their other family dog, Starlight, the Anchorage Daily News reported.