Coast Guard Monitors Rescue of Mariner 400 Miles South of Cold Bay
![Motor vessel Tor Viking rescues a distressed mariner from his disabled 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska, Oct. 20, 2015. The mariner alerted the U.S. Coast Guard with his emergency position indicating radio beacon. Image-USCG Coast Guard Monitors Rescue of Mariner 400 Miles South of Cold Bay](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/image21-10-2015-11.20.55.jpg)
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard monitored the rescue of a mariner in distress aboard a 30-foot sailboat approximately 400 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska. The good Samaritan crew of Tor Viking, a vessel contracted under Shell, safely recovered the mariner and his cat. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders received an alert from the mariner’s emergency […]