(Fort Severn First Nation Chief Matthew) Kakekaspan said searchers from his community were forced to pull out Tuesday morning. In the roughly two days they searched, the group incurred $70,000 in helicopter rental costs, something Kakekaspan says they could no longer sustain.

(RCMP Sgt. Paul Manaigre) said on Tuesday the police force has one Mountie in the area presently.

RCMP initially said the Canada Rangers were requested to attend, but they decided against it because “it was just too dangerous.”

If you are able to donate money to help with the search there are 2 choices – the first is to donate directly to the people searching … waynemathews72@gmail.com … option 2 is to Steffen’s family’s gofundme … https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-fund-the-search-for-steffen-skjottelvik