Norwegian Lars Jorun Langoien, 36, spotted the bird in Lake Sognsvann

He dived into the lake where he broke the ice and grabbed the lifeless duck

The swimmer performed CPR on the bird at the shore to bring it back to life

A duck trapped under the ice of a part-frozen lake had a lucky escape after it was spotted by a local man who was planning on taking a dip in the chilly water.

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Lars Jorun Langoien, 36, spotted the bird stuck bottom-up in Lake Sognsvann near the Norwegian capital Oslo and quickly realized that it was in trouble.

So he was already wearing his swimming trunks, Lars undressed and dived into the lake where he broke the ice and grabbed the lifeless duck.

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Lars Jorun Langoien dived into a partly frozen lake to rescue a duck that had become trapped in the ice

Lars, 36, spotted the little duck stuck bottom-up in Lake Sognsvann near the Norwegian capital Oslo

Lars, who is a regular swimmer in the the icy water, said: 'I assumed it was looking for food and knew the way out, and my pal grabbed a photo of it.

'But then we realized that it was trapped and had forgotten where the hole was that it had come through, and was drowning.

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'They are pretty good at holding their breath under water but it was clear that time was running out for the duck.'

Having freed the bird from the ice - which had formed a thin cover over the lake - Lars lifted it out of the water and swam with it back to the shore.

Lars said he first thought the bird was looking for food and knew the way out, but then realized it was stuck

Having freed the bird from the ice, Lars lifted it out of the water and swam with it back to the shore

Experts identified the bird as a Bucephala duck, also known as the Goldeneye duck, that feeds from the bottom of ponds

But the duck was lifeless when back on dry land, so Lars performed CPR to bring the little bird back to life.

He said: 'When I got it to the shore it still wasn't moving, so I gave it mouth to mouth resuscitation and that seemed to do the trick. It came round and although it was a little groggy it made off.'

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Experts identified the bird as a Bucephala duck, otherwise known as the Goldeneye duck, that feeds from the bottom of ponds.

The duck was lifeless when back on dry land, so Lars performed CPR to bring the little bird back to life