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Sunday Morning on the Bering Sea: Lessons Learned

By On July 8, 2011

U.S. Coast Guard photo By Doug Pine I recently took a temporary job as master of the tug Aries with a freight barge from Seward to Chignik, Alaska then light [...]

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Doug Pine – Scary moment for gCaptain and friends

By On June 27, 2011

  We were alarmed to hear this morning that over the weekend, one of gCaptain’s oldest and dearest friends, Doug Pine’s tug sank in the Bering Sea.  Fortunately, Doug and [...]

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M/V Selendang Ayu Oil Spill and Sinking

By On April 29, 2009

On Monday, Alaskan state officials announced that the owners and operators of the bulk freighter, M/V Selendang Ayu, that sank off the north shore of Unalaska Island in the Bering [...]

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Kickball in The Bering Sea – Photo

By On April 23, 2009

Here is a shot from LTJG Tasha Thomas (HEALY’s Public Affairs Officer) in one of her regular updates to family and friends about life aboard the icebreaker HEALY. This shot [...]

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Alaska Ranger – Heroic Rescue

By On March 26, 2008

This past weekend the Alaska Ranger, a fishing vessel in the Bering Sea, made a MAYDAY call (audio, transcript) when the vessel began taking on water near it's rudder. A [...]

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