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Latest post Tue, Jan 20 2009 2:17 AM by olga55. 4 replies.
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olga55  +  648099 Mon, 19 Jan 09 01:11 PM
Hi, after an avalanche tumbled down the rescuers poke an area with probes.  Does it mean  they push through the snow a long thing metal object to find the bodies?

Thank you.

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Clive  +  648147 Mon, 19 Jan 09 01:51 PM
Hi,

Yes.

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olga55, 307 days ago
Thank you, Clive. I doubted because they might hurt the survivors by this method.
Feebs11  +  648673 Tue, 20 Jan 09 01:04 AM
 See here for how they are used:

http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/encyclopedia/probe.htm

 
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olga55  +  648745 Tue, 20 Jan 09 02:17 AM
Oh, this is terrible. I've recently read an article about 7 Canadians buried under the snow caused by avalanche. There were some details, that you are not aware of, I just couldn't believe... (:() Sad
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