Coast Guard helicopter crew battles high winds to rescue 9 from grounded fishing boat in Alaska

Nine crew members were hoisted to a helicopter off a commercial crab boat amid near gale force winds, strong downward drafts from a nearby cliff and rough seas after the fishing vessel grounded on an ...
The Montana Standard

3 missing from Alaskan crab boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Bering Sea had calmed slightly Monday as the Coast Guard resumed its search for three people missing from a crab boat that sank in stormy weather. A man lost overboard from ...
nptelegraph

Survivor of Alaskan boat disaster: 'Sleeping to swimming' in minutes

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A survivor of a Alaska crab boat sinking that left five fellow fishermen missing said the crew went from “sleeping to swimming" in minutes as rough seas and ice threatened to ...
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Poor weather keeps response crews from grounded Bering Sea fishing boat

Jan. 9—Stormy weather in the Bering Sea on Friday was keeping response crews from getting to a 134-foot crab boat that ran aground on the island of St. George on Monday. State officials say they don't ...