An American man was rescued late last week after spending three weeks in a true Alaskan ice desert, more than 30 kilometers from the nearest town.
Tyson Steele had been living with the dog for four months in a cabin that was destroyed in December following a fire. According to the BBC, the man recovered some of the food that was not destroyed by the fire and dug a small cave in the snow where he spent the nights. Still, he could not save the dog that died following the fire.
With temperatures getting colder, Tyson, 30, built a makeshift shelter using material from the old cabin, and wrote an SOS message in the snow, hoping someone would rescue him.
With no news of their son for several weeks, parents warned authorities to check that everything was fine. Last Thursday, a police team flying over the area by helicopter saw the SOS signal drawn in the snow and pulled Tyson out of the snow.
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