The new edition of "Popular Mechanics" has a great story about our friends in the US Coast Guard and their latest amazing rescue story, this one in Alaska 3 months ago. Includes video!
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/worst_case_scenarios/4267469.html
And here's a link to the Flickr CG photo page:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/uscg/