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Canada finds long-lost ship from doomed Franklin expedition


TORONTO — After years of searching for the vessel that vanished in the Arctic approxi- mately 160 years ago, a Canadian search team recently announced the discovery of one of the two lost ships from English explorer Sir John Franklin’s failed voyage. Over the course of the past six seasons, Parks Canada has worked with partners from the public and private sector, with this year’s team undertaking the most ambitious search to date. On Sept. 12, the Canadian search team announced the finding.


The discovery of the ship


and artifacts, confirmed to be from the 1845 Franklin


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Sen. Schumer reintro- duces capacity limits legislation for recreational vessels


WASHINGTON (LOG NEWS SERV- ICE) — New York Sen. Charles Schumer has reintroduced legis- lation that would require posting of maximum passenger capacity limits on recreational vessels. Schumer introduced the new


version of his bill, the Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2013 (S 2774) on Aug. 1. S 2774 would require the Commandant of the Coast Guard to:


Expedition, was made possible with the use of Inuit traditional knowledge and modern tech- nology. The southern strait was identified as a target search area as a direct result of 19th century Inuit oral testimony describing a shipwreck to the south of King William Island, according to the a released issued by Parks Canada. “Congratulations to the


Government of Canada and all the partners on discovering one of Franklin’s ships in the 2014 Victoria Straight Expedition,” said Premier of Nunavut Peter Taptuna in a prepared statement. “I am proud of the Nunavut archeol- ogy team, and recognize their


• Establish standards for deter- mining the maximum passenger capacity for recreational vessels. • Require each manufacturer of a passenger vessel to prominently post such maximum passenger capacity on the vessel in a legible manner located so as to be clearly visible to a passenger boarding the vessel, and require each operator of a passenger vessel to ensure that the notice of passenger capacity along with a notice of the need to balance the weight carried by the vessel to avoid capsizing is posted and legible to passengers (which includes any individual aboard a vessel). These requirements would


apply to any recreational vessel manufactured 180 days after the date of the enactment of S2774.


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Life abroad —Jim and Kathy Ferguson, of Dana Point, aboard their vessel, Maggie, in Gdansk, Poland. Maggie started the year in Tallinn, Estonia before heading to Amsterdam for the winter with a stop in Kaliningrad, Russia.


role in helping to narrow the search by uncov- ering important artifacts on the land. The Franklin ship- wrecks are an important piece of Nunavut’s past, and this discovery strengthens the link between Inuit oral history and modern, global society.” The 2014 Victoria Strait


Parks Canada’s Ryan Harris (second from left) shows Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s Commanding Officer Bill Noon (far left) the side-scan sonar image of the wreck, with Marc-André Bernier (third from left), Jonathan Moore (fourth from left) and Chief Officer Rich Marriott (at far right).


Expedition team located one of Franklin’s historic ships and two land-based artifacts. The Franklin Expedition


ships, Her Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Erebus and HMS Terror,


Schumer’s bill was referred to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee on Aug. 1.


Schumer’s original bill, S3537, the Boating Capacity Standards Act of 2012, which he introduced in 2012 died in committee. A similar measure to


Schumer’s Senate bill was intro- duced by Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., in the House of Representatives on May 9. Israel’s bill, the Boating


Occupancy & Teaching Safety Act (H.R. 4642) would also require the Coast Guard to establish passen- ger capacity standards for recre- ational vessels. In addition Israel’s bill con-


tains a provision that would amend Section 13103 of title 46, United States Code to authorize a


are an important part of Canadian history, laying the foundations of Canada’s Arctic sovereignty nearly 200 years ago. Until their discovery, they were Canada’s only undiscov- ered national historical site and one of the world’s greatest maritime mysteries, according to Parks Canada.


state carrying out a state recre- ational boating safety program to enter into contract with a local government or private entity to provide boating safety education classes. Israel said that these grants


would be awarded by the state from federal funding provided to each state for the Recreational Boating Safety program. The RBS program gets funding through the Sport Fishing and Recreation- al Boating Safety Trust Fund, which is funded through marine fuel taxes, as well as fees on cer- tain pieces of fishing equipment. Each state would be directed


to spend at least 5 percent of what they receive from the feder- al government for the RBS pro- gram directly on grants for boat- See NEWS BRIEFS page 21


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