Missing Nunavik teen's snowmobile found
Last Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010 | 3:25 PM CT
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Snowmobilers in Puvirnituq, Que., have found a snowmobile that's believed to have belonged to an 18-year-old boy who went missing more than four months ago.
Jimmy Alashoak was last seen Dec. 14, when he left by snowmobile to join his father at a hunting camp about 80 kilometres away from the northern Quebec Inuit village.
A blizzard hit while Alashoak was in transit and he was never seen again, despite two weeks of extensive air and ground searches.
This week, members of a snowmobile expedition to a mining camp discovered a sled about 60 kilometres northeast of Puvirnituq. They then found a snowmobile a short distance from the sled.
Puvirnituq mayor Aisara Kenuayuaq told CBC News Thursday that the equipment is definitely Alashoak's, but the teen has not been found.
Kenuayuaq said the snow has been unusually deep this year. Another search will take place once the snow melts, he said.
With a population of about 1,450, Puvirnituq is located along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay, 1,630 kilometres northwest of Montreal.
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