Hunters Stranded in Northern Canada for 2 Days During -60 Degree Wind Chills

January 12,2015



 
A winter hunting trip to Canada’s frigid Coral Harbour this weekend didn’t quite go as one group planned.
The group of eight hunters ended up stranded on an ice floe in the northern Hudson Bay, when the slab of ice they were on drifted too far from shore Friday.
A local rescue group couldn’t reach them, so by Saturday night the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre airdropped supplies to provide the hunters survival equipment, including food, water and tents, CBC News reports.
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According to weather.com senior meteorologist Nick Wiltgen, the highest temperature during the 2-day period they were stranded was 18 below zero. Winds were blowing between 10 and 20 mph, which made it feel more like 44 to 62 degrees below zero.
By Sunday the Royal Canadian Air Force and its helicopters were called in to assist. Since the chopper couldn’t land on the ice, rescue crews had to hoist the men straight off the floe. There were no reports of any serious injuries.
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