“We Were Running Out of Time” – How a Search Team in the NWT Found a Missing Traveler in Total Darkness
It was Day 3 of the search. A snowmobiler had gone missing near Behchokǫ̀, 100 km northwest of Yellowknife. Last contact was at 4:17 PM on Tuesday. By Wednesday night, temperatures had dropped to -18°C, with wind chill near -30°C. The team had searched by air, drone, and foot. But as darkness stretched to 17…