1 person dead, 1 still missing outside Quaqtaq
Group of 4 left community March 6 for a fishing trip and were reported overdue Monday; two members of party were found alive
One person is missing, one person is dead, and two others have been found safely after a group of people left Quaqtaq March 6 for a fishing trip and were reported overdue to return Monday. (Photo courtesy of Golgo12/Wikicommons)
One person has been found dead and two others were located alive Tuesday in a search and rescue mission outside Quaqtaq.
They are three in a group of four overdue anglers who left the community on March 6 for a trip to Roberts Lake, about 40 kilometres north of Kangirsuk.
“We were informed [Monday] that they should have been back, but they weren’t,” said Quaqtaq Mayor Charlie Tukkiapik in a phone interview.
The search and rescue operation began Monday.
Tukkiapik said he was alerted at around 3 a.m. Tuesday that search and rescue had found one from the group — a female — dead.
He said the Nunavik Police Service, Canadian Rangers and the search and rescue members met at around 3:30 a.m. to discuss their next steps.
“They then were dispersed to look for the other three that were still not found at the time,” Tukkiapik said.
The teams found two people who were alive Tuesday morning, “which was very nice, a mother and daughter that were found.”
The group was on their way back to Quaqtaq as of 11 a.m. ET.
One other person remains missing. Tukkiapik said it is believed that person, who is male, did not survive based on information gleaned from the survivors.
“Very luckily, the daughter of the deceased lady is alive, with the granddaughter, so this is amazing,” he said.
The location of the final person is known, Tukkiapik said, and there are rangers and search and rescue at the site already. The final person is believed to be close to his snowmobile.
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