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Luke Moloney stands in front of his sailboat, the Mizuya, docked in Unalaska on July 18.

Regional

After Coast Guard rescue, skipper races to salvage his own sailboat 950 miles from Adak

Sofia Stuart-Rasi

A Canadian crew lost control of their sailboat, the Mizuya, about 950 miles southwest of Adak Island on June 18. They were rescued in an international Coast Guard effort, and the 40-foot trimaran was left adrift. But the owner wasn’t willing to abandon his sailboat, so he went back to find it.

A crew member of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier marks the word "SAFE" in red paint across the hull and cabin top of the the sailing vessel Mizuya before leaving it adrift in the North Pacific Ocean on June 19.

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Multinational Coast Guard effort rescues Canadian sailboat crew 950 miles southwest of Adak

Sofia Stuart-Rasi

Three sailors are safe after being rescued in the North Pacific, about a thousand miles southwest of Adak in the western Aleutians.

The 600-foot Morning Midas caught fire around June 3 near Adak Island. A United States Coast Guard cutter and aircraft crews responded to the fire, and all of the cargo ship’s crew members were evacuated safely.

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After 2-week burn, cargo ship carrying thousands of vehicles sinks in North Pacific

Maggie Nelson

Science & Environment

Bering Sea Storm Could Set Record Low Pressure

Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media

The collision of a warm, wet weather front with a mass of cold air from Siberia could set a new record: the lowest barometric pressure recorded in the…