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Although Canada has a very large land mass and low population density, she does undertake an appreciable amount of “air” and “marine” activity within her border. The wide use of aircraft for pleasure and business is a common aspect of North American life; additionally, the large area of water—both inland and on the coasts—are the scene of enormous amounts of marine activity comprising every size of vessel. This activity, in its turn, produces cases of distress, forced landings, crashes of aircraft and ship disasters. Table 1 illustrates in summary the characteristics of the Canadian Search and Rescue scene.
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Hypher, R.P. (1980). Search and Rescue in Canada. In: Haley, K.B., Stone, L.D. (eds) Search Theory and Applications. NATO Conference Series, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9188-7_5
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