CBC Nunavut reporter Michael Salomonie says he's thankful to be alive, as he and his teenage son were found safe early this morning after their fishing boat went missing Saturday in Frobisher Bay outside Iqaluit. Officials confirm that searchers aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Cormorant helicopter found Salomonie and his son, Ian Salomonie, 17, in good condition on a small island about 26 nautical miles south of Iqaluit around 3:30 a.m. Salomonie said he and Ian were sleeping in their canoe when he heard the Cormorant flying nearby around 3 a.m. Both boaters were taken to hospital and have since been released, said Kris Mullaly, a spokesperson for the local search and rescue effort. Searchers aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force Cormorant search and rescue helicopter found the Salomonies in good condition on a small island.

Source: CBC News September 05, 2017 11:49 UTC