Coast Guard, NOAA Install New Buoy at Hinchinbrook Entrance
![Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Ritter, 1st Lt. aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, supervises the launch of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association weather buoy near the Hinchinbrook Entrance to Prince William Sound. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nate Littlejohn. Coast Guard, NOAA Install New Buoy at Hinchinbrook Entrance](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/weather-buoy-1.jpg)
After days-long delays caused by rough sea conditions, the 225-foot USCG Buoy Tender Sycamore set out in 15-foot seas to take advantage of a fleeting weather window to install a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather buoy early in the morning last week. Using weather information from the NOAA weather office in Anchorage, the […]