On November 11th 1919, one year after the sinking of the Princess Sophia at Vanderbilt Reef in Lynn Canal the Deep Sea Salvage Company attempted to salvage the liner but ultimately abandoned the salvage efforts. A similar effort was made in 1920, but this one also failed when the company went bankrupt. Princess Sophia was […]
Almost a year and a half after the purchase of Alaska from Russia, the man responsible for Alaska becoming a part of the United States, former Secretary of State William H. Seward under President Lincoln and Johnson, visited the results of what he considered his greatest achievement. Seward stepped off of the steam ship “Active” […]
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended their search for a 40-year-old female passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship in Lynn Canal Tuesday morning. Coast Guard rescue crews conducted over nine hours of air and surface searches, which covered 68 square nautical miles. “Despite our best efforts to locate the individual, it […]