She was then driven immediately to the hospital, where she got treatment for a potential rabies infection. Over the past month, there has been an increase in fox sightings and cases of rabies in foxes in the communities of Igloolik and Iqaluit. A fox was confirmed to have rabies in Igloolik on Dec. 14, while two foxes have been reported to have rabies in Iqaluit over the past five weeks.

It was a terrifyingly close call for a family with a three-month-old baby last weekend, when their sled plunged through the ice.

That’s after the bird apparently lost its way to its usual wintering-over grounds far away to the South.