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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 26, 2005 - A7

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for Fort St. James teens

By MARGARET
SPEIRS
TERRACE WATER RES-
CUE: team members are

searching a Fort St. James -

area lake for two teens miss-

- ing since Christmas Day.

Dave Jephson and two
searchers first travelled to

* the area Jan. 12 with equip-

ment. including borrowed
sonar gear, lo begin scouring
the water for the youth,

~ Since then as many team

* members ‘as possible have

traveled back and forth from
Terrace. filling in searching
with jobs and other respon-
sibilities,  "

“We're the first people
on the iee every day and the
last off every day.” Jephson
suid last week of their duties
when in Fort St. dames.

The teens, Mathew Karey

> und Kora-Lee Prince. were

riding a snowmobile across
the lake to meet friends
when they went. missing
Christmas Day.

When they were reported

missing, the lake had patches
of open water but froze over
completely when the recent

cold spell hit.

Searchers initially found

snowmobile tracks one ki-

lometre offshore that dis-
appeared into an unfrozen
section of the lake, leading

* them to believe that the cou-
- ple had accidentally ridden
_ their snowmobile off the ice

and into the open water.
Helmets: and a pair of
gloves washed ashore on the

P

Dave Jephson

south side of the lake, lead-
ing the team to scour that
area,

“We've worked towards
and away from it with the

wind and away front the

wind.” Jephson said.

The water rescue team
had set up a 30m wide. grid
on the ice with holes 30m

apart, allowing them to cov-.
~ eranarea 300 by 300m.

The lake averages. from
12 to 15 feet deep and, since

the team is searching. through -

20 inches of ice. the sonar is
a big advantage.
“Awesome, It’s the only

tool that can do it,” Jephson

said,

. The sonar, from Kongs- .

berg Mesotech, “the only

_sonar company in Canada,

is a high resolution device

“used by 11 teams of police,

fire and search and rescue
groups in the U.S. .
The $40,000 sonar can

~ detect objects 40 to 50 me- |

tres away’ under the ice. If it
spots something, the team
drills a hole, drops a camera
down and shows the object
to the team.

“The camera verifies an
area and verifies:a target,”

Jephson said. adding the pic-
dure is clear as a bell.

“You can read a pop can
with the Gameras we're us-
ing.” A target can be viewed
from a different angle if nec-
essary.

Jephson said the sonar
can pick up a soccer bill sit-

~ ting-on the lake bottom.

He hopes the team can
stay until the teens are found
but said the sonar will deti-
nitely remain there until the |
end. Ts
Temperatures of just be-
low zero and one day of rain
have helped. - ,

The team is optimistic —
and Jephson said the com-,
munity has supported their
efforts. “We're appreciative
for their help.” he said.

Two community = fund:
raisers, collected = over

$70,000 for the search.

With the sonar’s resolu-
tion, Jephson said the snow-
mobile will be casy to sce.

°"“Phe snowmobile — will
jump at you like a big huge
truck.” he said. ° 7

As of last Friday, Jan. 21,
the team had finished their
sixth day of searching.

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