A starving and cold Arctic fox clinging to a teetering iceberg has been saved in a daring rescue by a couple fishing for crabs.
Mallory Harrigan and her boyfriend Cliff Russell were four miles off mainland Labrador in William’s Harbour, Canada, when they spotted what they thought was a baby seal.
Can you see the stranded Arctic fox on the iceberg?
At first, Mallory Harrigan and boyfriend Cliff Russell thought the creature (circled) they were looking at was a baby seal but soon realized it was a stranded Arctic fox
They used the vessel, the Northern Swan, to break up the iceberg before scooping up the fox, and bringing it safely on board (above)
Mallory Harrigan and her boyfriend Cliff Russell were fishing for crabs four miles off Labrador in William’s Harbour, Canada
The kindhearted crew, which included Russell’s son Alan, decided to attempt a daring rescue, using their vessel, the Northern Swan, to batter the iceberg.
They had to ram the ice to break it up, and then scoop the animal up from the cold water.
Harrigan told Bored Panda the fox ‘probably got stuck out there looking for a meal’.
The soaked, cold animal cowering on the boat. Mallory Harrigan said: ‘Cliff says he thinks he got there to check out a bit of meat on the ice and it broke apart, sending him to sea’
The rescued fox was placed into wood shavings to help it dry and get warm again
The crew dropped off the fox at a dog house on a nearby island where there was food and shelter