<p><br /> Firefighters have rescued a young deer that became stranded on a sheet of ice drifting in the Baltic Sea off northern Poland.<br /> </p><p><br /> The team had to navigate through plates of ice by boat and use flashlights to find the stranded deer, wrap it in a blanket and carry it back to shore.<br /> </p><p><br /> The animal was one of two roe deer that were spotted drifting some 200 yards off shore.<br /> </p><p><br /> Firefighters managed to chase one back to land during the day, but the other deer drifted further out to sea.<br /> </p><p><br /> The rescue team said they had faced serious risks in trying to save the second animal.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Mayor of the nearby village Ustronie Morskie said he thought the deer had been scared by dogs, which caused them to run onto the ice.<br /> </p><p><br /> The rescue mission began in the late afternoon, and it was fully dark by the time the animal was brought to shore.<br /> </p><p><br /> According to the Tryton fire rescue team the deer is doing well, and is soon expected to be released back into the wild.<br /> </p>
