Rescue crews still hope to save a man who fell from a fishing ship into frigid seas south of Prince Rupert yesterday.
An unidentified man went overboard from the 110-metre Northern Victor at 5 p.m. Tuesday, officials from the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria said, and search crews mounted an “intensive search” through the night without spotting him.
Sub-Lieutenant Mark Fifield said Wednesday morning a number of coast guard ships and a Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopter continue to scour a “condensed search area” about 100 kilometres south of Prince Rupert.
If searchers have one thing in their favour, it’s that the man was lost in the Fraser Reach inlet, just east of Price Island, not “in the vast open sea,” Fifield said.
“The water is very cold but at this point it is still a search and rescue operation,” Fifield said. “We’ll continue searching until we find the man or the body.”
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