An 18-year-old rescued this weekend after being reported missing just north of Sydney, N.S., is in hospital recovering from frostbite and hypothermia.

In a news release, Cape Breton regional police said they received a call from a woman at around 7:40 p.m. Saturday that her son was missing in woods in South Bar.

Police and local fire crews were a part of the search team that also employed a drone and eventually a helicopter from the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax.

Temperatures at the …