Kodiak Jayhawk Crew Conducts First SAR Out of Barrow

Lt. Vincent Jansen, an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, forward located in Barrow, briefs a North Slope Borough police officer as he prepares to launch for a search and rescue mission involving a hiker that fell from a cliff in the Brooks Range today (Thursday). This is the first search and rescue case in Barrow since the Forward Operating Location was established in beginning of July. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth H. Bordelon