A Canadian teen has had an amazing rescue from a chunk of drifting ice in the Arctic Sea, where he was stranded with three polar bears.
He was picked up by rescuers who parachuted onto the ice after spotting him from the air.
There are reports that he had to shoot and kill one of the polar bears in order to stay alive.
The 17-year-old got in trouble on a hunting expedition when the ice he was on broke away and drifted off.
Reports say he was with his uncle, when their snowmobile broke down.
The teenager set off alone to get help, but got stranded when the ice started to break up.
He was trapped on the ice overnight, in temperatures which dropped to -20C.
He's now recovering in hospital.
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