Twenty tourists stranded on an ice floe drifting in Admiralty Inlet near Arctic Bay, Nunavut, are safely back on shore, rescue officials say.
The tourists, with the adventure group Arctic Kingdom, got stuck Tuesday after a large ice floe broke away, but rescue officials told CBC that the 20 walked back to shore after ice shifted and moved back toward land.
There were no reports of any injuries.
A helicopter will be sent to pick up the tourists later Wednesday, said Niore Iqalukjuak, a search and rescue co-ordinator in Arctic Bay.
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