'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., and a close friend of Dyck, said he’s still processing the news of his death.