U.S., Canadian icebreakers conduct operation, rendezvous en route to Arctic Ocean
BEAUFORT SEA — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conducted joint operations with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship…
Alaska National Guard kicks off IRT project in support of Shepard Point oil spill response site
Shepard Point, Alaska – When the Exxon Valdez grounded on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on March 24, 1989, more than…
Humpback Calf Disentangled Near Juneau
NOAA Fisheries whale experts were on the water near Juneau most of Monday, July 17, disentangling a well-known humpback whale calf from…
Fish Near Fukushima Contained Radioactive Cesium 180 Times Over Japan’s Limit
[content id=”79272″] The fish was caught near a drainage outlet where water from melted nuclear reactors flows—some of the same…
Wildlife officials attempt safe capture of unusually aggressive sea otter in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Calif. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) are responding…
Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle, Tuesday, for a months-long Arctic deployment. The crew aboard…
MV Hubbard is Christened by First Lady Rose Dunleavy
The ceremony celebrated the ship’s first season in service to Alaskans (JUNEAU, Alaska) – First Lady Rose Dunleavy smashed a…
Canada Opens Investigation Into Submersible Implosion
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has opened an investigation into the implosion of the Titan, the underwater sea vessel that…
Southeast Alaska King Salmon Troll Fishery to Open Following Ninth Circuit Ruling
JUNEAU, AK (June 21, 2023) – The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit &…
Coast Guard Responds to Fire aboard Wilderness Discoverer in Glacier Bay
The USCG responded to a call from the 178-foot passenger vessel Wilderness Discoverer that was in Glacier Bay National Park…