Every hour counts if you are to come home alive. But rescuers must find you before they can help.
Speed is vital for a successful rescue.
Fortunately, space-age technology is now your guardian, listening for your call. It has already helped save hundreds of lives around the world. That was in 1982, when the system was still experimental. Somewhere in the forbidding Rocky Mountains of British Columbia a small airplane was reported overdue. After a thorough search failed to locate the airplane, active searching ceased.