Commissioner's Bravery Awards
Iqaluit, NU
April 17, 2014

Left to Right
Deputy Commissioner Nellie T. Kusugak, Billy Kownirk and Pitseolak Alainga

For 3 days, Billy Kownirk and Pitseolak Alainga endured rough seas while they clung to the wreckage of their boat, waiting for rescuers to find them, they survived on nothing but snow.

Left to Right
Deputy Commissioner Nellie T. Kusugak, Marlene Angnakak and Samo Keith Angnakak

Samo and Marlene Angnakak were recognized for saving their six year-old nephew from drowning in 2009.

(Photos courtesy of Commissioner of Nunavut)