KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew medically evacuated a man from the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Kennicott in Shelikof Strait, Wednesday. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew arrived on scene at 12:55 p.m. and safely hoisted and transported the patient to Kodiak, where he was then transferred to awaiting Emergency Medical […]
Imarpiaq – Shelikof Strait Imarpiamen qayanilu. – Don’t kayak in Shelikof Strait. Shelikof Strait runs along the west coast of the Kodiak Archipelago, separating the islands from the Alaska Peninsula. It stretches about 240 km from the entrance to Cook Inlet to the southwestern end of Kodiak Island. The straight is a glacial trough, deeply […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon rescued four mariners after the Soulmate, their 48-foot commercial fishing vessel, became disabled and adrift approximately 57 miles west of Kodiak Island, south of Shelikof Strait, Alaska, Sunday. The Naushon crew towed the mariners to Lazy Bay cannery, Alitak Bay, Alaska. Coast Guard Sector […]
A crewmember suffering seizure-like symptoms was hoisted from the deck of the F/V Transit by an MH-60 Jayhawk on Sunday morning, Coast Guard public affairs officer, Petty Officer 1st Class Kelly Parker reported on the Coast Guard News site. The captain of the F/V Transit contacted the USCG reporting the crew-member’s symptoms, and the Duty Flight Surgeon […]