Former minister found safe after missing in blizzard

Northwest Territories

Former N.W.T. cabinet minister Tagak Curley was found in good condition by an RCMP search party who feared he may have died in a two-day blizzard which separated him from a hunting party last March 17.

Curley survived the Arctic white-out and four days in the tundra. He was found near his base camp on the northwest shore of the Hudson Bay.

An Anglican minister at a nearby community said everyone knew Curley would survive.

Curley, 44, turned down a helicopter ride back to his home-he wanted to ride on his snowmobile.