Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update
Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by…
Oil tanker Renda and Cutter Healy Back in Open Water
The Russian Oil Tanker Renda and her escort, the cutter Healy are now sailing iin open water after a week…
Coast Guard Rescues Three from Sunken Crab Boat
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Dolphin helicopter rescued three men after a crab boat sank…
Ecologists Capture First Deep-Sea Fish Noises
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst fish biologists have published one of the first studies of deep-sea fish sounds…
Alaska Supreme Court Reduces Judgment by $50 Million
Anchorage, Alaska – A unanimous Alaska Supreme Court decided on Friday of last week in the State v. Carlson case…
Air Station Kodiak rescues 11 from 2 fishing vessels
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescued 11 fishermen from two different vessels near…
Murkowski Wants Answers on Reports of Earlier Salmon Virus
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to news reports that Canada kept decade-old findings of a salmon virus secret, U.S. Senator…
Tug Nathan E Stewart Adrift In Gulf Of Alaska, Coast Guard To Assist
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is responding to a disabled 95-foot commercial tug reportedly carrying more than 2.5 million…
Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Freighter
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak medevaced a 47 year-old…
Satellite Tracking Helps Russian Tanker Navigate Critical Sea Duck Habitat
ANCHORAGE — On its way to deliver emergency fuel to Nome, Alaska, the Russian tanker Renda will move through an…