"During the day, the couple pulled the sled with the children inside, attempting to reach Hall Beach.

Meanwhile, ground crews began searching for the family on Sunday when they failed to arrive. It wasn't until Thursday that the weather lifted and a helicopter and airplane were able to join the search.

Bill Kennedy, a search co-ordinator in Repulse Bay, told The Canadian Press it was a group of Rangers -- mostly aboriginal military reservists -- who eventually found the family.

They followed a set of tracks that led to a burned-out snowmobile that the family appeared to have set on fire as a smoke signal to rescuers, CP reported. However, heavy cloud cover had made it impossible for rescuers to see the plume of smoke. "

"The Rangers found the family a short time after locating the snowmobile. They were near a river, fairly close to Hall Beach when they were found and had been heading in the right direction, according to a CP report.

They were transported to Hall Beach by helicopter, and everyone is now doing fine, Siusangnark said. "