Posts Tagged ‘Arctic Shield’
Coast Guard Wraps Up Seasonal Operations Out of Kotzebue
October 31 marks the end of the Coast Guard’s annual operation Arctic Shield, which focuses on search and rescue and community outreach throughout the Alaskan Arctic.
Read MoreCoast Guard Gears Up For Further Missions in Arctic Region, Operating Out of Kotzebue
Arctic Shield, which started on Saturday, involves the Coast Guard deploying cutters, various aircraft and staff to missions from Dutch Harbor, through the Bering Strait, up to the North Slope. Those deployments include crews from the Coast Guard Cutters Healy, Sherman, and others.
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