Alaska’s Trusted News Source [Nearby Weather Featured: Slightly Cloudy, with a chance of scattered precipi tation later this week. VOL. 43 No. 87 “Circulating Around The Circle” THE ARCTIC NEWS ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. Monday, September 14, 1982 Member of The Associated Press. Published Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY BREAKING NEWS: Local Field Hands Missing —Search and Rescue Efforts Stall Daniel Simmonds News Contributor Kotzebue, Alaska — Search and rescue endeavors for two lo- cals have been put on a hiatus fol- lowing the sea storm that swept south of Kotzebue, Alaska, this past Tuesday afternoon. The two missing individuals, identified by authorities as Gene Suli and Roscoe Stone, were al- legedly part of an expedition as field hands to collect data and conduct measurements regarding seabird nestings. They were both last seen departing Kotzebue early Monday morning. Local witness- es claim they saw a group taking leave in a smaller vessel, report- edly identified as a Contessa 26. The ongoing storm, causing high sea levels near the gener- al region south of Kotzebue past Cape Blossom, is generating in- tense conditions that pose a haz- ard to the overall public. Dr. Barry Raven, the head of the Kotzebue Search and Rescue program, sug- gested calling off the search due to these haphazard circumstances. “My team and I are proceed- ing to track the system,” he said in a Wednesday morning interview for the Arctic Times. “Right now, George Suli and Roscoe Stone on a research expedition. Photo courtesy of George Si conditions aren’t safe enough to be scouting around in. I think the smart decision would be to call off the search.” Patty Stone, the spouse of Roscoe Stone, has expressed her dissatisfaction with the direction the search efforts have taken. “T really think someone ought to keep looking,” Patty said during the morning interview. “You don’t just decide it’s too dif- ficult. I know they’re out there.” George Suli, brother of Gene and the initial lead for Search and Rescue, has declined to comment on the matter since stepping aside in his leadership role. “George, he’s a good friend of mine. I know he’d be out there looking right now if they’d let him,” Noah Kivigak, a subsistence advocate, said. “But I do understand the rea- son why they won’t let anyone go out. Personally, even I wouldn’t be going out in these waters, and I traverse out there quite frequent- ly.” Before Dr. Raven’s call to place searching efforts on hiatus, rescue crews made various efforts during the week to navigate the currents surrounding Cape Blossom; how- ever, every attempt was canceled soon thereafter by degrading con- ditions. Single Copy 25cts. Alaska’s Trusted News Source “Circulating Around The Circle” Member of The Associated Press. THE ARCTIC NEWS Nearby Weather Featured: Slightly Cloudy, with a chance of scattered precipi- tation later this week. Published Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY ANCHORAGE, ALASKA. Monday, September 14, 1982 Single Copy 25cts. VOL. 43 No. 87 BREAKING NEWS: Local Field Hands Missing—Search and Rescue Efforts Stall Daniel Simmonds News Contributor Kotzebue, Alaska — Search and rescue endeavors for two lo- cals have been put on a hiatus fol- lowing the sea storm that swept south of Kotzebue, Alaska, this past Tuesday afternoon. The two missing individuals, identified by authorities as Gene Suli and Roscoe Stone, were al- legedly part of an expedition as field hands to collect data and conduct measurements regarding seabird nestings. They were both last seen departing Kotzebue early Monday morning. Local witness- es claim they saw a group taking leave in a smaller vessel, report- edly identified as a Contessa 26. The ongoing storm, causing high sea levels near the gener- al region south of Kotzebue past Cape Blossom, is generating in- tense conditions that pose a haz- ard to the overall public. Dr. Barry Raven, the head of the Kotzebue Search and Rescue program, sug- gested calling off the search due to these haphazard circumstances. “My team and I are proceed- ing to track the system,” he said in a Wednesday morning interview for the Arctic Times. “Right now, George Suli and Roscoe Stone on a research expedition. Photo courtesy of George Suli. conditions aren’t safe enough to be scouting around in. I think the smart decision would be to call off the search.” Patty Stone, the spouse of Roscoe Stone, has expressed her dissatisfaction with the direction the search efforts have taken. “I really think someone ought to keep looking,” Patty said during the morning interview. “You don’t just decide it’s too dif- ficult. I know they’re out there.” George Suli, brother of Gene and the initial lead for Search and Rescue, has declined to comment on the matter since stepping aside in his leadership role. “George, he’s a good friend of mine. I know he’d be out there looking right now if they’d let him,” Noah Kivigak, a subsistence advocate, said. “But I do understand the rea- son why they won’t let anyone go out. Personally, even I wouldn’t be going out in these waters, and I traverse out there quite frequent- ly.” Before Dr. Raven’s call to place searching efforts on hiatus, rescue crews made various efforts during the week to navigate the currents surrounding Cape Blossom; how- ever, every attempt was canceled soon thereafter by degrading con- ditions.