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Coast Guard hoists Three Hunters near Sand Point

By 17th District online newsroom on Nov 25, 2021 Featured, U.S. Coast Guard-Alaska

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard hoisted three hunters Wednesday, who were stranded after their boat sank on the southern end of Popof Island. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted all three hunters at 7:30 a.m. from the shoreline and transported them to Sand Point Airport where they were met […]

Earthquake Adds Missing Piece to Puzzle

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 24, 2020 Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science

Late in the evening of July 21, 2020, State Seismologist Michael West heard a text alarm. His phone informed him of a large earthquake beneath the ocean, just south of the Alaska Peninsula, about 60 miles southeast of the village of Sand Point. His first thought was that this — the biggest earthquake on […]