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    A winter rescue training exercise is taking place on a frozen, snowy surface. Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and Kotzebue Fire Department are observing or participating in an ice rescue drill, with responders in red survival suits practicing extraction techniques near what appears to be an ice hole or open water area. The scene is set in an Arctic or sub-Arctic environment, likely near Kotzebue, Alaska.

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, UNITED STATES

    10.12.2015

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Meredith Manning 

    U.S. Coast Guard PADET Anchorage

    Coast Guard members from the National Ice Rescue School in Essexville, Michigan, and Sector Anchorage, Alaska, conduct ice rescue training with members of the Kotzebue, Alaska, fire department in Kotzebue, March 15, 2016. During their stay in Alaska, the NIRS crew also conducted training in Barrow, Point Lay and Point Hope. U.S. Coast Guard photo

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    Date Taken: 10.12.2015
    Date Posted: 03.18.2016 19:22
    Photo ID: 2472872
    VIRIN: 151012-G-ZZ999-113
    Resolution: 3872x2592
    Size: 4.36 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, ALASKA, US
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    A winter rescue training exercise is taking place on a frozen, snowy surface. Personnel from the U.S. Coast Guard and Kotzebue Fire Department are observing or participating in an ice rescue drill, with responders in red survival suits practicing extraction techniques near what appears to be an ice hole or open water area. The scene is set in an Arctic or sub-Arctic environment, likely near Kotzebue, Alaska.
    A United States Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter hovers over a snow-covered open field or frozen lake, lowering a rescue basket via hoist cable. Two personnel in orange survival suits are visible on the ground below, with one appearing to guide the descending Stokes litter/rescue basket. A dense treeline of mixed coniferous and deciduous trees forms the background, suggesting a cold-weather northern environment.
    A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, tail number 6507, is landed on a snow-covered surface in what appears to be a remote Alaskan wilderness setting. A crew member dressed in an orange survival suit is crouched or kneeling on the snow near the aircraft. The backdrop features dense conifer forest and snow-covered mountain ranges under an overcast sky.

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