RCMP and search and rescue teams from the Labrador community of Makkovik have located the body of a young snowmobiler who has been missing since Sunday.
The 14-year-old's remains were found on ocean ice about seven kilometers from shore.
Searchers used a helicopter to follow a set of tracks leading away from the community to the deceased.
The identity of the boy is not being released at this time.
The RCMP has extended its thanks to everyone who helped in the search.
The search for the boy began after he was reported missing Sunday at 7:30 p.m., six hours after he left his parent’s home on a snowmobile.
Police say the boy left his parent’s house around 1:30 p.m. and made a short stop at his grandmother’s home before heading to an unknown destination.
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Victor, to add to your comment, this country and SAR has most definitely let us all down. Two days is far to long of a response time. When a local company was able to donate air time in their own small chopper and a universal chopper was able to come from Goose Bay, but SAR wasn't able to get here until Tuesday evening and are using weather as an excuse, there's something most definitely wrong. These small helicopters are not equipped with things such as heat detecting or low level flying over water/ice. Then they say that they are only to come if independent search is unavailable!? Yes, we were all searching, but because we were, does that mean they didn't have to do their job? It's disgusting. That poor boy drove, lost, for 11 km, then walked an additional 19 km before he could go no further and succumbed to the elements. An absolute tragedy, that I hope will haunt whoever is responsible for this lack of response for the rest of their lives.