Coast Guard suspends search for 2 people overdue in Norton Sound
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard suspended their search for two people who were reported overdue, in a 17-foot skiff in Norton Sound Thursday at 9:50 p.m.
The search, which comprised more than 33 hours of search time and covered an area approximately 2,700 square miles began shortly after sunrise Thursday for the Coast Guard. Alaska State Troopers began their search Tuesday and requested Coast Guard...
Coast Guard searching for overdue boaters in Norton Sound, Alaska
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for two people, who were reported overdue, in a 17-foot skiff in Norton Sound Thursday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130 Hercules airplane crew, already in Anchorage due to high winds overnight in Kodiak, was launched at first light Thursday and arrived on scene to search. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Forward...
Coast Guard Forward Operating Location Barrow responds to distressed hikers
BARROW, Alaska – A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew from Coast Guard Forward Operating Location Barrow rescued a hiker from Atigun Gorge, about 240 miles southeast of Barrow Thursday.
Rescued was Olaf Schooll, of Norway. Watchstanders at FOL Barrow were notified by North Slope Borough Search and Rescue at approximately 10:30 p.m. Wednesday that Schooll had contacted the Alaska State...
