An ELT activation from an aircraft near Whittier was picked up by the Rescue Coordination Center and was passed on to Alaska State Troopers on Saturday morning, troopers revealed on the trooper dispatch. The Emergency Locator Transmission was picked up by RCC at approximately 11:30 am on Saturday, but a response by AST was hampered by […]
While a victim of an avalanche was recovered after being buried on Wednesday afternoon, AST reports that the man, identified as 41-year-old Anchorage resident, Chad Christman, did not survive his accident. Search and rescue operations were initiated at 3:41 pm on Wednesday after an avalanche swept through the area nine miles southwest of Whittier west of the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska –The Coast Guard suspended the search Sunday night for a man reported missing from a 16-foot red skiff in Passage Canal near Whittier, Alaska. Multiple Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, a Coast Guard Station Valdez boatcrew and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mustang searched a 10 square-mile area in Passage Canal and Whittier Harbor for […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Law enforcement authorities from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Investigative Service, Alaska State Troopers and local police departments participated in a joint law enforcement operation to detect and deter illegal activity on Alaska Marine Highway System ferries, March 9-15. Canine teams from Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco (91105), MSST […]