Photo: Quaqtaq man rescued after two days in blizzard

By NUNATSIAQ NEWS

Johnny Oovaut, far left, stands with Jobie Aupaluk, Jusipi Kulula, Willie Kauki and Charlie Putayuk Nov. 20 after being rescued by the group. The four men left Quaqtaq in a raging blizzard Nov. 19 to find Oovaut and his son, who were snowed into a makeshift shelter out on the land, after Oovaut called his wife from a satellite phone to say he was dying. Read his harrowing story later on nunatsiaqonline.ca. (HANDOUT PHOTO)


Johnny Oovaut, far left, stands with Jobie Aupaluk, Jusipi Kulula, Willie Kauki and Charlie Putayuk Nov. 20 after being rescued by the group. The four men left Quaqtaq in a raging blizzard Nov. 19 to find Oovaut and his son, who were snowed into a makeshift shelter out on the land, after Oovaut called his wife from a satellite phone to say he was dying. Read his harrowing story later on nunatsiaqonline.ca. (HANDOUT PHOTO)

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