Bodies retrieved, identified from Wainwright-area helicopter crash

An Arctic fieldwork assignment for the Division of Geologic and Geophysical Survey of the Department of Natural Resources ended the lives of four on July 20, when their 1996 Bell 206 helicopter, owned by Maritime Helicopters, crashed into a tundra lake approximately 50 miles outside of Utqiagvik, near Wainwright. After two days of intense search … Continue reading Bodies retrieved, identified from Wainwright-area helicopter crash