Maya Bhatia, an Arctic researcher in the school’s faculty of science, died Wednesday, according to an email to faculty
“Dr. Bhatia has been an integral part of the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the Faculty of Science for a number of years, and this is a devastating loss for the U of A community,” Yiu said.
“The coroner is not investigating the death until we have a body of the individual and is found deceased.”“An aerial search commenced on Ellesmere Island southeast of Grise Fiord,” spokesperson Sgt. Pauline Melanson said in an email.
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