Two Swedes who managed to land their small plane on a piece of Arctic ice and escaped from the aircraft before it sank into icy waters have been rescued by a fishing vessel, Canadian police said on Dec. 8.

The two men had spent 18 hours standing on the ice awaiting rescue after they landed their small plane, whose engines failed, south of Canada's Baffin Island.

The captain of the vessel that picked them up said both men "looked to be in good shape," except for some frostbite on their feet.

The men were traveling in a twin-engine Cessna Skymaster from Wabush, New Foundland to Iqaluit, Nunavut, when their plane lost power in both engines over the Hudson Strait.