Search and Rescue Needs Taking Hold

Published June 3, 2009

As Arctic traffic increases and the Conservative government's gaze continues to be drawn northwards, experts say one aspect of the "northern dimension," search and rescue, remains under-serviced and ill-prepared, a problem which could have tragic consequences.

"You don't want an accident to happen before we actually do something," said Joseph Spears, a maritime expert and proponent of northern search...