{"id":484534,"date":"2021-04-29T09:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wwf-canada-mourns-markus-dyck-polar-bear-biologist-and-longtime-wwf-collaborator\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T09:11:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T13:11:16","slug":"wwf-canada-mourns-markus-dyck-polar-bear-biologist-and-longtime-wwf-collaborator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wwf-canada-mourns-markus-dyck-polar-bear-biologist-and-longtime-wwf-collaborator\/","title":{"rendered":"WWF-Canada mourns Markus Dyck, polar bear biologist and longtime WWF collaborator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>Iqaluit, April  29, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The team at WWF-Canada was extremely saddened to learn of the helicopter crash near Resolute Bay in Nunavut, which took the lives of three people \u2014 a wildlife biologist and two flight crew \u2014 on Sunday. We want to express our deep condolences to all the victims\u2019 families, friends and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>The crash, which occurred as part of a trip to survey the Lancaster Sound polar bear population in Tallurutiup Imanga, is a devastating loss for the close-knit Arctic research community. One of the victims, Markus Dyck, who worked for the Nunavut government for 10 years as the Department of Environment\u2019s senior polar bear biologist, was one of the foremost polar bear experts in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, his research monitoring polar bears in Nunavut was supported in part by WWF-Canada&#8217;s Arctic Species Conservation Fund. Markus was a longtime WWF collaborator, a friend to many on our staff and we considered him an extended part of our WWF-Canada family.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Brandon Laforest, WWF-Canada&#8217;s senior specialist, Arctic species and ecosystems, said:<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always admired his calm, cool and collected approach to the sometimes-charged issue of polar bear conservation. When Markus spoke, everyone listened, and I can recall many meetings where he was the voice of reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn incredibly dedicated researcher, Markus\u2019 contributions to polar bear management in Nunavut, and Canada as a whole, have been immense, and we all owe him a true debt of gratitude. We will miss him dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODIyNjUzMyM0MTQ2ODQzIzIwOTA2NjE=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/84cea74a-f3b3-4c2e-8dc9-4e15c6e5abe2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\">\n<pre>Rebecca Spring\r\nWWF-Canada\r\nmedia@wwfcanada.org\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iqaluit, April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The team at WWF-Canada was extremely saddened to learn of the helicopter crash near Resolute Bay in Nunavut, which took the lives of three people \u2014 a wildlife biologist and two flight crew \u2014 on Sunday. We want to express our deep condolences to all the victims\u2019 families, friends and colleagues during this incredibly difficult time. The crash, which occurred as part of a trip to survey the Lancaster Sound polar bear population in Tallurutiup Imanga, is a devastating loss for the close-knit Arctic research community. One of the victims, Markus Dyck, who worked for the Nunavut government for 10 years as the Department of Environment\u2019s senior polar bear biologist, was one of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wwf-canada-mourns-markus-dyck-polar-bear-biologist-and-longtime-wwf-collaborator\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WWF-Canada mourns Markus Dyck, polar bear biologist and longtime WWF collaborator&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WWF-Canada mourns Markus Dyck, polar bear biologist and longtime WWF collaborator - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wwf-canada-mourns-markus-dyck-polar-bear-biologist-and-longtime-wwf-collaborator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WWF-Canada mourns Markus Dyck, polar bear biologist and longtime WWF collaborator - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iqaluit, April 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; The team at WWF-Canada was extremely saddened to learn of the helicopter crash near Resolute Bay in Nunavut, which took the lives of three people \u2014 a wildlife biologist and two flight crew \u2014 on Sunday. 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