A missing hiker who spent 50 days alone in the frozen wilderness of western Canada has been found alive.
Sam Benastick was found by two men heading to work near the remote Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, approximately 250km north-west of the city Fort St John, in the province of British Columbia.
The workers took the missing hiker to the hospital, where police confirmed his identity as Benastick, who had set out on a solo camping trip in the park on October 7.
Described as an avid outdoors enthusiast, Benastick was due to return from the 10-day trip on October 17, but when he failed to arrive home, his family reported his disappearance to police.
Benastick told his rescuers he stayed in his car for “a couple days” …