Nunavut politician and his son & nephew rescued after being stranded on the tundra for 8 days
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[quote]IQALUIT, Nunavut — Lost on the tundra and low on fuel, Pauloosie Keeyootak knew there was only one thing he could do to keep himself, his son and his nephew alive.
“I built an igloo with a small knife,” the 62-year-old member of the Nunavut legislature said following his rescue Thursday night after eight days lost on the land.
Keyootak, his 16-year-old son Atamie Qiyuqtaq and nephew Peter Kakkik, 47, were spotted by a Twin Otter search plane well south of their intended route between Iqaluit and Pangnirtung. They were flown by helicopter to Iqaluit, where they were found to be in good condition.
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“My son and nephew, they got a caribou,” said Keyootak. “That’s how we survived — the meat from the caribou.”
After a few days, the igloo began to break down, so Keyootak built another and the vigil resumed.
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“They were tired and hungry and thirsty when they got off the helicopter at about 10:30 (p.m.),” said government search spokesman Kris Mullaly
“They walked off under their own steam. They appear to be in good condition. They held their own out there until such a time as the search operation could find them.”[/quote]
It's pretty badass how they were all perfectly fine
-snip- nvm, misunderstood it as being two people
Glad they were found.
According to CBC, apparently for a time they were even stalked by a wolf, which kept circling their hastily-constructed igloo.
[URL="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/pauloosie-keeyotak-baffin-island-rescue-1.3517192"]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/pauloosie-keeyotak-baffin-island-rescue-1.3517192[/URL]
[QUOTE=CBC Reporter]Fighting the freezing cold weather without food and proper shelter was not the men's only problem.
The group was also being stalked by a large male wolf.
"A wolf started coming around — it was stressing me out at night — we were too afraid to go outside," said Keyootak.
"It was very close. You could hear it howling. It was right on our trail, focused on us."
The group had used all their bullets hunting caribou and had no means of protecting themselves except a small knife.
"I took my nephew's knife and added a wood piece to the end — extending the length of the knife."[/QUOTE]
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