TWO experienced Dutch researchers are missing, presumed drowned, in the Canadian Arctic, 200 kilometres south of Bathurst Island. Marc Cornelissen and Philip de Roo were collecting data on ice thinning for the research organisation , set up by Cornelissen in 2010 after a crowdfunding campaign.
Cornelissen talked of “tropical” conditions in his , joking that the heat forced him to ski in underwear. “We think we see thin ice in front of us, so we’re going to research some more of that if we can,” he said. Two days later, the Dutch base camp received by tracer.
A rescue helicopter spotted equipment and a dog at the location of the sent message, by a large hole in the ice, but conditions were too hazardous to land. Early the next day, police . The dog, Kimnik, was .
This article appeared in print under the headline “Ice men go missing”
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