Searchers still looking for missing pair between Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut

Search and rescue volunteers are now eight days into their search for two missing people between Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk in Nunavut.

Angulalik Pedersen, a ground search and rescue co-ordinator leading the search from Cambridge Bay, confirmed the two went missing while travelling to a cabin between the two communities to meet up with family.

The pair is thought to be somewhere between those two communities, but Pedersen said they don't have any further details on their whereabouts.

Pedersen said the two individuals were travelling on one snowmobile with a sled in tow. He said the pair are very experienced on the land and one of the individuals, who is now in his 50s, has been travelling the route since he was a child.

Local search and rescue volunteers from Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay are searching for the pair. Pedersen said there are 18 ground searchers and one helicopter searching, with one more aircraft on its way.

Pedersen said whiteout conditions have impeded efforts to search by helicopter, but they're waiting on either a Twin Otter or Hercules aircraft to assist with the search.

RCMP said it's aware of the search, but that the search is being managed by the local Search and Rescue as well as the hamlet of Cambridge Bay.

RCMP said they were only aware of one person reported overdue, though Pedersen confirmed searchers are looking for two people.

Pedersen said those travelling on the land should always have a communication device and let family and friends know where you're going, when you plan to arrive and use the communication device to let people know if plans change.