Angyaq—Open Skin Boat Angyakun aiwikutartukut.—We are going (away) by open boat. The Alutiiq angyaq is a large open boat much like the umiak of northern Alaska. These twenty- to thirty-five-foot vessels were used for traveling and trading and could hold up to twenty people. They had a sturdy driftwood frame covered with sea lion skins […]
A man living at Bulchitna Lake near Skwentna was reported missing on May 27th and was last reported seen on May 25th Alaska State Troopers revealed on Tuesday. According to the report posted on the trooper dispatch on Tuesday, a neighbor of William L Mazoch, age 67, went to Mazoch’s property to meet up with […]
Search efforts for a Fairbanks man who was swept downriver on Friday were suspended on Monday after an extensive search troopers say. On Friday afternoon troopers based in Fairbanks were notified that 27-year-old Junior Leota had crashed into the Chatanika River at Olnes Pond while on an ATV and had been swept downriver by the […]
On Sunday night troopers were alerted to three men stranded near the mouth of the Little Susitna River and were requesting assistance, the trooper dispatch revealed on Monday. 26-year-old Logan Koerner of Wasilla called in at 10:50 pm on Sunday night to report that he and two companions became stranded at that location after their […]