This Day in Alaska History-February 14th, 1909
Coast Guard, NOAA Urge Mariners to Prepare for Heavy Weather in Western Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard urges mariners to use caution with the onset of heavy weather expected to affect the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea, this weekend. The Coast Guard has notified the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon, patrolling in the Bering Sea with an embarked Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter […]
Coast Guard Monitors Rescue of Mariner 400 Miles South of Cold Bay
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard monitored the rescue of a mariner in distress aboard a 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska. The good Samaritan crew of Tor Viking, a vessel contracted under Shell, safely recovered the mariner and his cat. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders received an alert from the mariner’s emergency […]