A fuel tanker rolled onto the side of an all-weather road near the Meadowbank Mine complex, seen here, on Nov. 28. The driver is safe and a reclamation process has begun for the 20,000-litre spill. (File photo)
Driver is safe, freshwater not yet contaminated, but too early to say the impact of the spill, Agnico Eagle states
A fuel tanker rolled onto its side on an all-weather road near Meadowbank Mine on Monday afternoon, spilling an estimated 20,000 litres of fuel, Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. said in a news release.
Patrick Gaudreault shares a picture of the sunset on Oct. 23 from his “office” — an Air Inuit de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter plane. Sitting in the co-pilot seat, Gaudreault captured ice forming around the cockpit window from 3,000 metres above Puvirnituq. The temperature that night was -17 C. (Photo courtesy of Patrick Gaudreault)