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'He loved Nunavut:' Polar bear biologist who died in helicopter crash remembered by Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press Posted Apr 30, 2021 9:20 am EDT Last Updated Apr 30, 2021 at 9:28 am EDT IQALUIT — A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research.  That’s how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear biologist with the Nunavut government, who died in a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay on Sunday. Two crew members also died.  Harvey Lemelin, a professor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., an...

Emma Tranter Markus Dyck, a polar bear biologist for the Nunavut government, sits outside his tent while doing field work in Cape Sydney, Nunavut in May 2009. A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Dyck died in a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on Sunday. Two crew members also died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Peter Van Coeverden de Groot *MANDATORY CREDIT* April 30, 2021 - 3:04 PM IQALUIT - A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research. That's how friends and colleagues are remem...

IQALUIT – A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research. That’s how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear biologist with the Nunavut government, who died in a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay on Sunday. Two crew members also died. Harvey Lemelin, a professor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., and a close friend of Dyck, said he’s still processing the news of his death. “I was in complete denial. I was hoping they were wrong,” he said in an interview. Dyck, who was in his early ...

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