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Alahna Kindred

Man spends 30 minutes clinging to ice chunk in freezing water after shoreline broke off

A man has been rescued after clinging to a chunk of ice for more than 30 minutes while floating in freezing water.

Jamie Snedden, 45, was walking along the shoreline on the ice when it broke free and drifted out to sea near Anchor Point in Alaska.

Alaska Wildlife Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain said Jamie was sent out about 274 metres near the mouth of the river.

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