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by The Associated Press Saturday, January 23, 2010 KODIAK, Alaska -- A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued three fishermen whose boat had run aground in southeast Alaska Friday. Coast Guard officials say the crew of the Alaska Adventure was traveling between Petersburg and Juneau when they ran aground. Soon after, their boat lifted to a 45-degree angle, prompting the crew to abandon ship and use their lifeboat. A Coast Guard crew arrived on the scene around 7:30 p.m. and extracted the crew.

An Anchorage woman's body was recovered from Prince William Sound by the U.S. Coast Guard after the sinking of a boat Monday afternoon. According to Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Klingenberg, watchstanders were informed between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday that five people, including Cathaleen M. Powell and members of her family, were in the water off Crafton Island after their 32-foot boat struck a rock and sank. A good Samaritan vessel responded to the scene and recovered a man and three children, but wasn't immediately able to find Powell.

The Alaska Office of Boating Safety has created a checklist that includes key safety messages addressing the highest risks to boaters in Alaska. The state has seen 13 boating fatalities so far this year. Five of those deaths involved rental boats and seven of the victims were not from Alaska. The checklist is available to boat rental companies, organizations or individuals interested in conducting orientations prior to renting or loaning a boat. “We hope that this initiative will help reduce fatalities and enhance enjoyment on Alaska's waterways,” said Ben Ellis, director of the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, the boating safety office's parent agency.

A Seward man was killed Monday late afternoon in a boating incident near 20 Mile River, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said the body of Harold Moore, 69, was recovered after he was boating with Ronald Cone, 55, and Nathan Cone, 29, both from Anchorage. The father and son survived, according to Beth Ipsen, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson. The three men were boating up 20 Mile River when the boat overturned about 4.5 miles upriver from the Seward Highway. The 16-foot aluminum boat became stuck on a log and the rear of the boat filled with water, and sunk the boat, according to a troopers dispatch posted Tuesday morning.

by The Associated Press Wednesday, July 7, 2010 COOPER LANDING, Alaska -- Alaska State Troopers say a 14-foot boat carrying six people sank in Kenai Lake but all six made it to shore. The boat riders, all in their 20s, on Monday afternoon were in the small boat loaded with camping gear on the lake that forms the headwaters of the Kenai River at Cooper Landing. Troopers took an emergency call at 1:24 p.m. Investigators say the boat sank in heavy swells.

by The Associated Press Friday, July 30, 2010 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Coast Guard says all fuel has been removed from a grounded fishing vessel in Alaska's Prince William Sound. The Coast Guard say the Seattle-based Cape Cross had a capacity of 3,000 gallons, but was not full when it tipped on its side in Main Bay on Monday. Crews have removed 1,200 gallons of fuel from the 100-foot vessel. Another 600 gallons were recovered from the surrounding water by skimming and using absorbent and boom.

by Channel 2 News staff Wednesday, May 19, 2010 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Coast Guard rescuers hauled four men, all in good condition, to safety Wednesday morning as their boat was sinking in the Gulf of Alaska, according to a Coast Guard press release. The Cape Spencer, a 47-foot longliner from Juneau, started taking on water about three miles south of Montague Island, which sits at the entrance to Prince William Sound, and the four men onboard had put on survival suits and abandoned the ship in favor of a life raft.

Spencer Glacier could be a destination on its own, or the perfect place to start a trip on the water. Channel 2 meteorologist Tracy Sinclare travels along the rails and rivers in this week's Day Trippin'. As someone who has lived in Alaska most of my life, I often forget that the unique and wonderful can be just a few minutes away. Our plan for the day is to ride the Alaska Railroad train to Spencer Glacier and then go for a float across Spencer Lake and down the Placer River.

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Two people aboard a 20-foot boat near Ketchikan had their voyage terminated by the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday, following the discovery of several safety and fishing violations aboard. U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley says the boat, which was conducting recreational fishing in Carroll Inlet, was boarded by Coast Guardsmen from a Station Ketchikan 25-foot response boat. “The station crew conducted the at-sea boarding and discovered life jackets missing, an expired Alaska state boat registration and several federal subsistence Halibut fishing violations including fishing in closed waters and using excess amounts of gear,” Mosley wrote in a Friday statement.

Invasive plants have closed a lake at a state recreation area near Nikiski to planes and boats for the summer, with state and federal workers planning to contain the infestation in its waters. The state Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation says Wednesday that its director, Ben Ellis, signed an order Monday closing Stormy Lake in the Captain Cook State Recreation Area. According to state officials say both Stormy Lake and Daniels Lake, on the recreation area's boundary, have been infested by Elodea plants.

Two people aboard a 20-foot boat near Ketchikan had their voyage terminated by the U.S. Coast Guard Thursday, following the discovery of several safety and fishing violations aboard. U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley says the boat, which was conducting recreational fishing in Carroll Inlet, was boarded by Coast Guardsmen from a Station Ketchikan 25-foot response boat. “The station crew conducted the at-sea boarding and discovered life jackets missing, an expired Alaska state boat registration and several federal subsistence Halibut fishing violations including fishing in closed waters and using excess amounts of gear,” Mosley wrote in a Friday statement.

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A piece of Alaskan aviation history retired from commercial flying Friday, December 21. The Grumman Goose made its last flight with PenAir from Unalaska to Anchorage Friday. The 9 passenger amphibious plane can land both on land and in water. That ability made it the most popular plane during the 1940's according to PenAir because many small communities in Alaska did not have runways. Since 1977 PenAir has been operating 2 Grumman Goose planes in Southeast Alaska, flying to remote communities like Cold Bay and Akutan.

The Alaskan cruise industry was unable to insert its pilot project language into the Coast Guard Reauthorization bill which has now passed in the House and Senate. The bill was an opportunity for the cruise industry to address the EPA's recent provision designating 200 miles of North American coastline as an Emissions Control Area.  Alaska's cruise vessels operate completely within the ECA, and under the designation would be subject to strict regulations regarding sulfur levels in ship fuel.

The remains of an umiak, which is a type of boat made out of dried animal skin, were discovered among the recently acquired Birnik collection at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The remains have been dated at 1,000 years old, making these the oldest skin boat fragments in the Arctic North. Jenya Anichenko, a researcher at the Anchorage Museum, identified the pieces during her trip to Fairbanks earlier this year to work with the Birnik collection; she has been researching open skin boats in the Arctic regions.

A U.S. Coast Guardsman, Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne, lost his life while chasing a suspected drug smuggler's boat off the California coast early Sunday morning. Shortly after midnight Sunday, Horne and his crew were in pursuit of a panga boat running without its lights. Suddenly, the boat turned around and rammed Horne's vessel. The impact knocked Horne into the ocean, leaving him with a fatal head injury. Horne, also a husband and a father, has been credited with saving 38 lives in 63 search-and-rescue missions.

Alaska Native Age: 34 Age at the time of the murder of Jonathon Hartman: 19 From: Tanana, Alaska Incarcerated: Hudson Correctional Facility, Colorado Tried with Kevin Pease Taking Construction Classes in Prison Played basketball at Howard Luke Academy Valedictorian of his High School Class “I always tell my family that I want to be on a river in a boat just enjoying that natural county.” “I know in my heart...

A Sterling man is presumed dead after trying to retrieve a canoe from the frigid waters of Portage Lake while hiking with his brother Monday afternoon. According to a Tuesday AST dispatch, Dave and Larry Dobson canoed to the south side of the lake Monday for an afternoon hike, but found that their canoe had drifted into the lake when they returned to the shoreline. Larry Dobson, 50, swam after the canoe and attempted to bring it back to shore. “During the swim, he began to struggle and eventually disappeared beneath the water surface,” troopers wrote.

A Seward man was killed Monday late afternoon in a boating incident near 20 Mile River, according to Alaska State Troopers. Troopers said the body of Harold Moore, 69, was recovered after he was boating with Ronald Cone, 55, and Nathan Cone, 29, both from Anchorage. The father and son survived, according to Beth Ipsen, Alaska State Troopers spokesperson. The three men were boating up 20 Mile River when the boat overturned about 4.5 miles upriver from the Seward Highway. The 16-foot aluminum boat became stuck on a log and the rear of the boat filled with water, and sunk the boat, according to a troopers dispatch posted Tuesday morning.