Ellie Goulding escapes from frozen lake in Norway as her vehicle sinks into water

Ellie Goulding says she had a lucky escape in Norway recently.

The singer posted a photo of her all-terrain vehicle sinking into a lake after the ice cracked and says she was minutes away from going under with it.

The picture shows the belt wagon she was travelling in with tour photographer Conor McDonnell half-submerged in the frozen water.

Conor also shared the image, which shows the vehicle and a starry sky, and said they were close to disaster.

The Brit-nominated star, 29, said: "Throwback to a few weeks ago when myself and conormcdphoto nearly ended up in a lake in -30 ... Note to self don't drive a BV206 over a frozen lake."

He said: "So me and Ellie Goulding weren't going to post about this but we decided that it's too mad of a story not to tell.

"This photo is from when we were in Norway a few weeks ago.

"That moment when you're in -25C in the middle of nowhere in Norway in the pitch black and your belt wagon crashes through the ice in the middle of a lake and you have to emergency evacuate through the roof.

"'Oh [no] we're in' was my first thought. Second was to take photos. We were in the front cabin.

Conor McDonnell posted another photo of Ellie Goulding doing a soundcheck in Frankfurt.

"That is pretty much under water in this photo.

"A few minutes later it was all completely gone under the water and ice for good."

Conor McDonnell is travelling with Ellie Goulding to photograph her European tour, which ends in London at the end of March.

She then travels to North America for 39 dates in support of her third studio album, Delirium.

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