Monthly Archives: January 2026

Mark Stigar of MatSAR (matsaralaska.org/) and his SAR K9, Lyra, returned to Kodiak to teach their second SAR Academy course, a 4-day, Alaska-focused, search and rescue curriculum. It is a broad and thorough introduction to SAR operations and skills based … Continue reading →

On September 14, the Alaska State Troopers received a call about a missing member of a party that had traveled to Long Island to camp at the west end of Southern Lake. The subject had left camp headed south and … Continue reading →

On August 3, a trail runner training for the 24-hour Kodiak “7-Summits Challenge” became lost on the northwest spur of Sheratin Mountain in low clouds. She contacted the State Troopers who requested that KISAR respond to help guide her back … Continue reading →

In May, Deb Ajango of Safety Ed returned to Kodiak to provide KISAR members with her excellent WFA refresher course.

On April 25, KISAR received a call out request from the Alaska State Troopers to respond to a report of a pair of lost hikers in the Monashka Mountain area at White Sands Beach. We had scant information on their … Continue reading →