Prior to going to the rescue, the Sitka Mountain Rescue team responded to the slopes of Harbor Mountain near Sitka in reference to a juvenile stranded after slipping near the Survival Shelter. After contacting troopers a 5:10 pm and notifying them that they had been contacted about a juvenile who had slid down a […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard’s 207th Aviation Battalion provided aerial assistance for the past two days to help in the search for an overdue snowmachiner on his way from Eek to Quinhagak. According to the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center, the individual departed on snow machine shortly after […]
Although Nome Search and Rescue was delayed because of a prior mission, the team managed to rescue three persons from a drifting ice floe on Sunday, troopers reported. Alaska State Troopers were contacted at 6: 23 pm and it was reported that three men were drifting out to sea on an ice floe that had […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter receiving a report of an Emergency Personal Locator Beacon in the Hatcher Pass area from the International Rescue Coordination Center on Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers handed off the information to the Rescue Coordination Center, Alaska Air National Guard Master Sgt. Gailanne Paculba of the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center revealed. As a result, an HH-60G […]