A Norwegian hiker who walked hundreds of kilometres across the Canadian north was living his dream before he died crossing a river near Hudson’s Bay, sparking a search that united First Nations and touched the hearts of his grieving family.

“Words cannot describe how grateful we are for all you have done,” Henriette Skjottelvik said Monday, speaking to a room of more than 100 Indigenous dignitaries and friends gathered in memory of her older brother, Steffen Skjottelvik.

“In our sorrow, we lean on the fact of how happy Steffen was fulfilling his dream and goal here in Canada… He searched, like the rest of us, for the deeper meaning of life.”

Henriette, her parents and younger brother travelled from their home in Norway and spent the weekend retracing the steps of the 29-year-old adventu

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