Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
  2009 Arctic Crossroads
Imagery Release Date: August 14, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer Jon-Paul Rios 
Phone: (907) 321-4516

Coast Guard continues mission in the Arctic

In this photo by the Coast Guard, Mike Swanson, of the 17th Coast Guard District Boating Safety Team, assists Frank Oxereok Jr., Vice President of the Indian Reservation Act Council, with putting on an all white float coat. The all white float coat was a project taken up by the boating safety team to help whalers in the Arctic be less noticeable by whales during hunting while maximizing safety at the same time. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies as part of a three helicopter convoy enroute to Koyuk, Alaska. The Jayhawk was accompanied by an Army HH-60 Blackhawk helicopter and an Air Force HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Andy Metheny, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, performs regular maintenance on a rotor blade. Metheny has been in the Coast Guard for five years. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Fabunan performs an eye exam on Darin Douglas, a Koyuk, Alaska native. Fabunan is a health service specialist for the Coast Guard. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)  In this photo by the Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Delgado, from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, attempts to fix the motor mount on an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.(Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)

Editors note: Photos taken by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios 

Operation Arctic Crossroads is a multi-agency initiative consisting of U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Air Force, Army National Guard, Air National Guard and U.S. Public Health Services personnel who have deployed to Nome, Alaska and Barrow for 20 day initiative to provide medical, optometry, boating safety awareness and other community services to more than eight communities throughout Northern Alaska, and to determine operational effectiveness and overall capabilities of operational aircraft and boats.

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