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NEWS photo CinJy Goodma

EQUIPMENT USUALLY used in canyon rescues was used by North Vancouver District firefighters
on Thursday afternoon after a worker at the Belaire Sh’, yard fell 12 feet (four metres) into the hold
ef a barge. The man suffered head injuries and possiv.e internal injuries. The shipyard is located
near the Lynnwood Marina, just east of the Second Narrcws Bridge.

Rope rescue

NORTH VANCOUVER teachers will escalate their job
action against the North Vancouver District 44 School
Socard (NVSB) on Monday, May 17, by walking out of
classes for one hour from 2 to 3 p.m.

NV dive co. to lead search for lost
ships from ill-fated Franklin expedition

crew manifests and then I was the
first man in 130 years to see her
— it was almost an overwhelming

If the board fails to meet the
union’s demands, teachers will
walk out of classrooms.

NVSB superintendent Dr.
Robin Brayne said Friday that

A North Vancouver Teach-
ers’ Association (NVTA)
spokesman said Monday’s
‘study session’’ will be follow-
ed by a second walkout on

NORTH SHORE technology will be at the Jeading edge of
an arctic expedition beginning Monday to search for the

shipwreck remains of two ships lost in an ill-fated bid to
discover the Northwest Passage in 1845.

British explorer Sir John
Franklin and the crews of two
ships — Erebus and Terror— were
lost in the Arctic.

At the time, the missing crews
were the subject of a major mari-
time search to find the vessels and
any survivors.

In 1983, Phil Nuytten, president
of North Vancouver-based Inter-
national Hardsuits Inc. . and
Can-Dive Marine Services Ltd.,
was the pst nee to touch the

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By Michael Becker
News Reporter

Breadalbane, a Royal Navy supply
vessel that sank in 1853 during the
12-year search for the Franklin
expedition.

Said Nuytten, ‘ft took five
years to find the Breadalbane. All
those years of reading all of the
records on it and going through
the archives and reading about the

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sensation.

“It’s beautiful. It’s all covered
in marine growth, great red corals
and whatnot,

“The ship’s hull is sheathed in
copper which has turned a
beautiful turquoise green now.

“It's gorgeous, and two of the
three masts are still up,’’ he said.

The shipwreck has been
declared a heritage site by Parks
Canada.

Almost a decade later, techno-

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Thursday, May 20, from 9
a.m, to 12 p.m.

But the spokesman said that
a full-scale strike will be put
off if the NVSB agrees to:
@ begin full-time bargaining
with the union;
@ appoint a_ senior
ministrator to sit at
negotiating table;
@ review positions on key
union issues such as vlass size.

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the district planned to send let-
ters home with students advis-
ing parents of the teachers’ job
action,

Last week, the NVTA voted
61.4% in favor of escalating
job action.

District 44 teachers have al-
ready implemented bans on
meetings and completing ad-
ministrative paper work.