APRIL 29, 1998 Bright Lights Business 19 Classifieds eee 47 Food eee 40 Neighborhoods == «** 24 North Shore Alert **¢8 Sports ooo AS Table Hopping = *e» 36 ‘North Shore Free Press Ud Publsher Peter Speck 136 Lonsdale Avenue, Norm Vancouver GC V7 2H4 ‘Canacnan Publcatons Mad Sales Product Agreement No 0087238 Commercial Avenues visits Lonsdale’s tack shop NEWS Photo Terry Peters . NORTH Vancouver's Dr. Phil Nuytten sits proudly in his newest creation, the Newtsub DeepWorker , 2000. His sub will be used by the National Geographic Society in their $9 million initiative to study marine resources. Genuine Honda Front Brake Pads or Rear Brake Shoes Contact the Service Department « at 987-4618 erecace Ma or 1 Offerends June Soccer squad squeaks into Premier division Look for a Titanic improvement in B.C. ferry cuisine Fast food p36 National — Geographic huys subs Technology used to explore oceans Kevin Shoesmith Contributi ng Writer A North Vancouver deep-sea technology company is selling submarines to the National Geographic Society. Nuyteo Research Lad. will provide the society with pwo $350,000 one-man The society is launching a $9-million initiative to explore marine resources using Dr. Phil Nuyttes’s most recent development, the Newtsab DeepWorker 2000. : Nuytten rerumed to North Vancouver on Sunday after attending a break- fast hosted by the society in Washington, D.C. The DeepWorker is a compact ‘exploration submarine thar is capable of doing what no submersible, directly-operated vehicle (DOV) of its si been able to do before. The stainless steel DeepWorker 2000 was developed and perfected past several vears. It will allow scientists to drop to depths of 2,000 m) and remain sudmerged with lite support for up to 80 hours. The 882 Ib. (400 kg) DOV incorporates the advantages of its prototypes, including a clear : cuiry hatch that ‘Provides wide visthili unlimited down to > 2,000 f feet,” Nuytten said. The only real limitation exists in the amount of battery power the sub can take with it, Twenty batteries supply the DeepWorker 2000 with about eight worth of full operating time. Burt that can be stretched to nearly 12 ifthe sub is opernted in a more conservative manner. sub, leaving the arms free to control their hy rautic counterparts — Newtarms — located at the front of the sub. The operator takes readings with a compact touch-screen r computer located immediately in tront ef the operator's se. that you're not subj back'ro the surface. The sub was designed at one third the size of its predecessor, the 15 old Deep Rover. Said Nuytter a golf cart. And it Nuvtten said the De the U.S. military and scientific and commercial | groups since its introduction earlier this n’s North Vancouver company can produce them at a rate of one per month. Siv others have been ordered by vanous organizations “AH DE Knew about betore T started this stuffwas steel hubcaps and there's no money in that,” he said. . as the desire to learn about the traditional art forms of his First Nations culture that set Nuvtten on the path to becoming one of the world’s ieading ir ors of underwater technology. “LT used to spend a fet of time in Stantey Park, it was my stomping ground. T went to the aquarium one day to sketch some creatures and T never looked back,” the 52-year-old deep-sea diver and repreneur said.