Two men were rescued near Nome December 3rd after being reported overdue from ATV travel out of the community of White Mountain.
The Alaska Rescue Coordination Center received a report of the missing men, who had planned to travel by single all-terrain vehicle from White Mountain to Nome.
Coordinating with Alaska State Troopers, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was deployed out of the Nome Army National Guard armory.
Alaska Army Guardsmen with the 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment located the men an estimated 40 miles east of Nome. The two were transported to the Nome Fire Department for medical evaluation, after having spent the night under a tarp Friday, December 2nd .
The names of the men have yet to be released.
