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Norm is busy preparing for an amazing journey SUP journey through the Great Bear Rainforest, drawing awareness for the need to stop Enbridge from being able to run their oil tankers right through an extremely fragile and unbelievable ecosystem on BC's North Coast. Having spent time in this area with the people of Hartley Bay and being exposed to their culture and traditional lands, Norm understands that should a tanker leak or sink, this area would be destroyed forever. Read on to find out more about Norm's upcoming paddle. Pacific Wild, First Ascent and Surftech have all come on board to support him on his journey!

Beginning on May 3^rd, 2010 and corresponding with the annual Pacific Salmon migration, Norm Hann will be paddling the proposed North Coast Oil Tanker Route through the Great Bear Rainforest and the traditional harvesting lands of the Coastal First Nations on his Surftech standup paddleboard. The paddle and support team will begin in Kitimat, B.C and will travel south to Bella Bella, over 300kms, paddling and documenting the people and places that are at risk.

The goal of this expedition is to bring awareness to the proposed Enbridge oil pipeline and tanker traffic and its potentially devastating effects to the traditional food harvesting areas of First Nations and wildlife of the Great Bear Rainforest.

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project would transport oil from the Alberta tar sands to the Coast via a 1,170 km pipeline. The oil would be transferred to super tankers, transported through the Great Bear Rainforest, past Haida Gwaii and onto Asia. Opening up the North Coast to super tankers creates a very high likelihood of a tragic oil spill occurring. This spill would be devastating and would change life as it is known for the people and wildlife of this magical area.

Norm Hann is a professional guide in the Great Bear Rainforest and has worked closely with the youth and elders of his adopted native community of Hartley Bay. He is an outdoor athlete and stand up paddleboarder. He is excited for the opportunity to expedition along this incredible coast and though the Great Bear Rainforest promoting awareness and action.

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