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Winnipeg Free Press By: Emma Tranter, The Canadian Press Posted:
Last Modified: 3:52 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 26, 2021 Save to Read Later
A helicopter trip to survey polar bear populations in the High Arctic ended tragically on the weekend in a crash that killed three people.
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past an iceberg in Lancaster Sound on Friday, July 11, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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.
3 dead in helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Two flight crew and one wildlife biologist were on board the Great Slave Helicopters flight. No one survived, the company says.
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The accident involved a Great Slave Helicopters AS350-B2, similar to the one pictured here from the company s website.(Great Slave Helicopters)
Three people are dead after a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut.
It happened near Griffith Island and involved a Great Slave Helicopters AS350-B2.
A news release on Monday morning from Yellowknife-based Great Slave Helicopters said there were two flight crew and one wildlife biologist on board. No one survived, the company says.
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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. This is especially hard and personal . As the RCMP work to determine the cause of the crash, I ask you to please keep the victims and their loved ones in your thoughts.
He said the names of the dead would not be released until next of kin are notified.