Alberta Researcher Dies During Field Work in Nunavut

A University of Alberta (U of A) researcher who specialized in the study of Arctic climate issues died while doing field work in the Nunavut hamlet of Grise Fiord.

This is reported by CBC News.

Maya Bhatia, a biogeochemist and associate professor in the U of A's science faculty, died Aug. 16 while on one of her many research trips into the Inuit community, the U of A said.

No information has been released about the circumstances of Bhatia's death. Nunavut RCMP said they are working with the territory's emergency management team on its search efforts.  

Nunavut's chief coroner Khen Sagadraca said Bhatia's death is being looked at under the territorial Presumption of Death Act. He said he is unable to investigate the death without a body.

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