SAR ground team finds missing man alive

February 14, 2024 Village Telegraph Comments Off on SAR ground team finds missing man alive

The Alaska State Troopers were notified on January 1, 2023 at 9:00 pm, that a 25-year-old male had left Chevak for Scammon Bay on around 3:00 pm on a blue and white snowmachine. Ground search teams from Chevak and Scammon Bay began searching the 21-mile route, with no signs of the snowmachine or man. Poor weather prevented an aerial search from occurring on January 2nd, however ground searching continued. On January 3rd, an Alaska Air National Guard C-130 conducted aerial search along with additional ground searching. At this time, the missing snowmachiner has not been located. On January 3, 2023, around 6:00 pm, ground search teams located the adult male alive and uninjured. The adult male was taken to Chevak by the ground search team.