Woman goes missing beneath ice while trying to save dog from river in Alaska

A woman trying to save one of her dogs from a frigid river near Anchorage remains missing after being swept under the ice, Alaska State Troopers reported, according to The Sacramento Bee.

The woman and a man were walking their dogs beside the north fork of the Eagle River when one of the dogs jumped in the water on December 23, troopers said in a dispatch.

The couple entered the river to look for the dog, but the woman vanished under the water and did not resurface, troopers said. The man was unharmed. The dispatch did not mention whether the dog was found. Anchorage police and firefighters searched for the woman until sundown. A dive team also searched for her, troopers said.