Locals, police searching remote Manitoba wilderness for Norwegian trekker
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Manitoba RCMP say officers in Gillam were contacted on Friday after Steffen Skjottelvik failed to arrive in York Factory, 850 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
The search continues for a Norwegian trekker who disappeared last week in the treacherous muskeg and swift moving rivers of northern Manitoba while on a cross-continental journey of the Canadian wilderness.
Manitoba RCMP say officers in Gillam were contacted on Friday after Steffen Skjottelvik failed to arrive in York Factory, 850 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
The 29-year-old had set out on foot with his two dogs from Fort Severn, Ont., last month.
Police say one of the dogs turned up in York Factory, while it is unclear what happened to the other.
The Manitoba government says it is helping with the search.
Police say locals have also been helping search the area by boat and plane because the terrain is too dangerous to canvass on foot.
“It’s completely unforgiving territory,” Sgt. Paul Manaigre said Tuesday.
“If you’re able to walk anywhere, usually the best areas to walk is the riverbanks because that’s the most stable soil. Otherwise, it’s bog, (a) kind of swampy, (waist-high) marsh muskeg.”
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