While RCMP say they have their eyes on the fast-moving Hayes River, a group from a northern Ontario First Nation paused their search for a missing Norwegian trekker in a remote part of northern Manitoba on Tuesday because of mounting costs.

People started to worry after it was reported one of Steffen Skjottelvik's dogs arrived at his expected destination of York Factory, Man., alone. The 29-year-old had left on foot with his two dogs from Fort Severn, Ont., late last month.

Skjottelvik had aimed to travel from James Bay to Alaska, according to a Facebook page documenting the journey called Steffen's Great Canadian Journey .

The coastal land between the two, consisting of soggy muskeg, is home to polar bears and wolves.

"People think that Steffen shouldn't have been doing that but we

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