The Demise of Scotch Cap Lighthouse

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Dec 20, 2019   Featured, Southwest Alaska, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

  In spring of 1946, five men stationed at the Scotch Cap Lighthouse had reasons to be happy. World War II was over. They had survived. Their lonely Coast Guard assignment on Unimak Island would be over in a few months. But the lighthouse tenders would never return to their homes in the Lower 48. […]