The manager of the hunters and trappers group in Taloyoak, Nunavut, Jimmy Oleekatalik says a truck sunk by an Arctic expedition in one of his community's prime hunting grounds feels like a "stab in the back", according to CBC Canada.

The Transglobal Car Expedition, with crew members from Iceland, Ukraine, Russia, Canada and the U.S., lost a modified Ford F-150 through the ice northwest of Taloyoak on March 23.

Now, the vehicle rests on the ocean floor in between the Tasmania Islands. According to a report phoned into a 24-hour spill line that serves both Nunavut and the N.W.T., the truck contained 40 liters of fuel, other fluid and a back-up generator.

"We live off the land. We're not farmers. We're hunters and gatherers, and we need our game to be clean," said Oleekatalik. "We want it cleaned out as quickly as possible."