Film & TV

'Coast Guard Alaska' to begin final season

SITKA -- The Weather Channel's "Coast Guard Alaska" is winding down.

The reality series is set to launch its final season next Monday after four seasons, the Daily Sitka Sentinel reported.

Sitka resident Mary Goddard was a camera operator in the taping of the show, which was filmed in Sitka and Kodiak. Goddard said it was a "real eye-opener" to see the good the Coast Guard does for the community.

The program has featured rescues from sinking boats, medical emergency flights and Christmas packages getting delivered to isolated villages.

The show also gives viewers an in-depth look at Air Station Sitka.

"They are the ones to fly in the worst weather," Goddard said. "Filming with the Coast Guard was a lifetime opportunity filled with adrenaline, humility, and adventure."

In 2012, series producer Tom Langan said the show highlighted some of the challenges Coast Guard members experience day-to-day.

"I think what viewers can expect to see is what they've come to expect and love about 'Coast Guard Alaska,'" Langan told the Kodiak Daily Mirror at the time. "It's the Coast Guard working with and for the people of Alaska to keep everyone safe, especially in the maritime community and those folks in the remote villages of Alaska."

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