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Image: A lonely dog is seen floating on ice floe 15 miles off the Polish Baltic Sea coast

A dog rescued from the Baltic Sea after braving a 75-mile journey on an ice floe joins crew of Polish research ship which saved him, the captain says. Full story

Ryszard Moroz / AP

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