A helicopter trip to survey polar bear populations in the High Arctic ended tragically on the weekend in a crash that killed three people. RCMP said the chopper went down on Griffith Island, about 20 kilometres southwest of Resolute Bay, Nunavut. A statement from Yellowknife-based Great Slave Helicopters said two crew members and a wildlife biologist were on board and no one survived. In a statement, Nunavut Premier and Environment Minister Joe Savikataaq said the polar bear survey in Lancaster Sound was being undertaken by his department. “I was devastated to hear the news of a fatal helicopter crash near Resolute Bay last night,” Savikataaq said on Monday.
RCMP say three dead after helicopter crashes near Resolute Bay in Nunavut
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Posted: Apr 08, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: April 8
Craig (Jumbo) Sock of Elsipogtog First Nation is missing at sea and presumed dead after his fishing boat sank on Saturday. (Submitted by Derek Sock)
As Derek Sock raced to his brother s sinking fishing boat on Saturday, Craig Sock was fighting to save his shipmates in the frigid waters 16 nautical miles off the coast of Nova Scotia.
The Tyhawk was making its second run of the day to set snow crab traps when it began to take on water. As the crew tried to ready the life raft, the Tyhawk suddenly capsized, trapping Jumbo, as Craig Sock of Elsipogtog First Nation was known, and another man in the wheelhouse.