Field Notes Doug Bell August 6, 1989 running down the stairs, and as they opened the cargo bay paper started coming out. I knew right away. They unloaded a bunch of "snoing" stuff, and then my N2 tank. It was put on the airstub. I went to security, then back to the counts. Pandamonium! I tried to convince them the tank was alright, & that they had just dumped it on its side. I asked what they were going to do with the tank, saying that it had valuable frozen specimens inside. The Canadian Air Mr., MR. Ron Ward, called, and he assured me they would try to take care of things. The pilot refused to allow the tank back on, and they even closed the plane to board by that time. They had to ask if I could still board, & eventually they dropped the cargo & ran out to the plane, waving to the pilot as I went. When the plane landed in Prince Rupert the pilot came back & apologized to me for having to refuse my tank. I appreciated his concern. At Vancouver, an Canadian agent met me, and both pilots also talked with me. I then called Dave in Burnaby (24:00) and told him of the experience. He got pretty upset at the cargo "goons" and said he would go down to the airport and straighten things out in the morning. Phillip Tolekin met me at the airport, and I stayed with Philip & Claudia at UBC.