This Day in Alaska History-February 14th, 1909
Alaska Air National Guard rescues injured snowmachiner near Valdez
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON — Alaska Air National Guard Airmen of 176th Wing rescued an injured snowmachine rider Jan. 15 about 20 miles northeast of Valdez. The snowmachiner activated an SOS signal on his two-way satellite communication device prompting the Alaska State Troopers to request assistance from the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center at JBER. The RCC […]
Coast Guard, partner agencies rescue three people from overturned vessel, find two deceased near Sitka
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard and partner agencies responded to an overturned vessel near Chichagof Island, Tuesday evening, and recovered three survivors and located two deceased individuals. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter air crew from Air Station Sitka launched to respond arrived on scene at 5:15 p.m., and recovered the three people from the water at 5:50 […]
Large Whale Entanglement Response a Success Thanks to Metlakatla Indian Community Team
The call came in to NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network 24-hour hotline the morning of July 19. A whale-watching company near Ketchikan had spotted a humpback whale entangled in line and dragging unmarked buoys. NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement in Ketchikan responded, verified the whale’s location in Blank Inlet on the south side of Gravina Island, […]