Grader operator falls through ice

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Frogmen recovered the body of a heavy-equipment operator who plunged into a lake after the grader he was driving broke through the ice.

Francis Moosenose, 34, died Feb. 1 after plunging into Sarah Lake, about 750 km north of Yellowknife, while grading an ice road. Temperatures in the area hovered around -10 F. An investigation is being carried out to find out why the grader fell through the 30-inch-thick ice, said the N.W.T. RCMP.