ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Air travel between Anchorage and Dutch Harbor is now direct, thanks to Ravn Alaska’s latest fleet upgrade with an aircraft equipped to fly a longer range. In September, the DeHavilland Dash 8-300 will supplement the 100 series on this route. The aircraft is efficient for regional operations and comes with 25% more […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued four people Thursday after a fishing vessel ran aground near Dutch Harbor. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew deployed from aboard Cutter Bertholf and hoisted all four survivors from a rock near the grounded fishing vessel Endurance, approximately one mile west of Egg Island, near the entrance to […]
BERING SEA — The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) arrived in Dutch Harbor, Tuesday, for a logistics stop 30 days into a months-long Arctic deployment to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the polar region. The 44-year-old heavy icebreaker is patrolling the Bering and Chukchi Seas to project power and […]
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured fisherman Wednesday in the Bering Sea, about 80 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew based out of Air Station Kodiak and deployed aboard Cutter Alex Haley, hoisted the man from the vessel Magnus Martens after he suffered a severe leg injury. He was flown to […]