Coast Guard Saves Seal Hunters Stuck in Snowy Weather Near Savoonga
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Alaska State Troopers in Nome notified the Coast Guard around 2:30am Sunday that a seal hunting party of five adults and one child were unable to return to Savoonga. A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transported the hunting group back to Savoonga’s airport in good condition at 9:30am yesterday morning.
Two Rescue Missions In One Day for Coast Guard Crews Out of Kotzebue Location
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On Monday, a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew helped rescue four people who were stranded on a disabled vessel in Imuruk Lagoon. That same evening, a second Coast Guard crew, found a man and woman about 26 miles south of Point Hope.