What are some worst-case scenarios of being alone in winter-in the Canadian wilderness?

I am doing a paper on Brian's Winter (the book) and I need to know what could happen if you were marooned in Northern Canada...



Thanks ahead of time!What are some worst-case scenarios of being alone in winter-in the Canadian wilderness?
Bears hibernate in winter, not much chance of that...although, polar bears with their shrinking habitat are not always following their usual behaviour.



The cold, hunger, falling (land may look flat, the the snow is actually covering a major crevice or something) are the biggies I can think of.



The second answer nails good points.
Having spent many years in the Canadian Arctic, being alone in winter is no big deal. It's when you get into situations in below freezing temperatures like, running out of food, you get wet and have no matches to start a fire, your mode of transportation breaks down and it's 100 miles or more to any settlement, you have an accident involving broken bones and/or major blood loss, your two-way radio breaks down, etc. To prevent these disasters, planning ahead is a must, but sometimes sh*t happens and usually there's no second chance if you're not prepared.What are some worst-case scenarios of being alone in winter-in the Canadian wilderness?
True story- last winter a woman traveling by herself from Quebec to New Brunswick got lost when her GPS got her on a logging road. She spent 3 days in her car, rationing her food and hoping for the best when she was found by chance by snowmobilers.
Freeze to death,get eaten by a bear,get stalked and killed by a psycho ax murderer,get stampeded by caribou,get buried by an avalanche,malled by wolves,mountain goat kicks you off mountain...
E.T. and his whole family will come to guide you to his hometown ... 100 light year away.