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Credit: Institute for Meteorology and Water Management

Updated: Thursday Mar 18, 2010 | 06:00 AM EDT By: Kate Hogan

BALTIC THE DOG

Discovered floating alone on ice in the Baltic Sea, this pooch was recovered by scientists performing an oceanographic survey on the chilly waters. He was later adopted by one of his rescuers.