Nanook a husky hero

AN ALASKAN husky is credited with helping rescue an injured woman hiking a trail east of Anchorage.

‘The Alaska Star’ newspaper reported the seven-year-old dog named Nanook helped pull 21-yearold Amelia Milling af ter she fell while crossing the Eagle River last month.

Ms Milling, a college student from Tennessee, was hiking the Crow Pass Trail and was injured early in the planned three-day hike. She says the dog found her af ter she tumbled down a slope.