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Alaska man found adrift after ice shoreline broke off with him on it

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An Alaskan man who clung on to a chunk of ice for more than 30 minutes in freezing water has been rescued, said officials.

Jamie Snedden, a resident of Homer city in Alaska, was walking along the shoreline on ice when a chunk broke free and drifted into the Alaskan gulf’s Cook Inlet with the moving current, Tim DeSpan, a spokesperson for Alaska Wildlife Troopers, said on Monday.

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