ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard and the Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron delivered supplies and equipment to the Coast Guard’s seasonal forward operating location in Kotzebue, Alaska, Monday in preparation for the anticipated increase of maritime activities this summer in Western Alaska and the Bering Sea. A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew loaded […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a 58-year-old man with an ankle injury from the fishing vessel New Dawn, in the vicinity of Shelikof Strait, Sunday. The Jayhawk crew safely hoisted the man and transported him to awaiting EMS personnel in Kodiak. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard […]
UPDATE: The remains of Edgar Curtis was recovered from Finger Lake by divers at just before 6 pm on Tuesday and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office in Anchorage. The investigation continues. ORIGINAL: A Wasilla man is missing and is suspected of being drowned after a canoe capsizing incident at Finger Lake in Wasilla […]
Winarpak – Walrus Wiinarpat guut’gpagtuut. – Walrus have big teeth. Winarpk, the Alutiiq word for the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) translates as ‘big sea lion.’ This term that reflects the rarity of walrus in the Alutiiq homeland. Walruses are coastal resident of western Alaska, found along the shores of the Bering and Chukchi seas. […]