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The Best Episodes of Coast Guard Alaska

Every episode of Coast Guard Alaska ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Coast Guard Alaska!

Coast Guard Alaska is an American reality documentary television series on The Weather Channel that premiered on November 9, 2011.The series follows members of the...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Search and Rescue" is the best rated episode of "Coast Guard Alaska". It scored 8/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/23/2011. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Welcome to Kodiak".

  • Search and Rescue
    8.0/106 votes
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    #1 - Search and Rescue

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2011

    A helicopter rescue onboard a tanker in rough Alaskan seas; a race to reach a victim who fell off a 200-foot cliff; a rescue endeavor after a bush-plane crash a few miles from base.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Welcome to Kodiak
    7.6/106 votes
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    #2 - Welcome to Kodiak

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2011

    The series opener examines life for Coast Guard men and women at Air Station Kodiak, where they police the area, perform rescues, protect the environment and oversee safety of marine transportation.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • To the Rescue
    7.2/106 votes
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    #3 - To the Rescue

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2011

    Helicopter rescue crews encounter rough weather that threatens operations.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • North Pole Bound
    NaN/100 votes
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    #4 - North Pole Bound

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2011

    The captain races to the North Pole; two helicopter rescue crews go on a mission to save injured fishermen; an aerial search is launched for a missing person in the North Pacific.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Into the Wild
    NaN/100 votes
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    #5 - Into the Wild

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2011

    At Station Ketchikan, a local man requires help from the boat crew; at Sitka, a helicopter-rescue team battles powerful winds to get to a vessel in trouble; back in Kodiak, there's an unknown distress call in the middle of the night. Meanwhile, a young AST struggles to make the grade.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Land Ho
    NaN/100 votes
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    #6 - Land Ho

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/18/2012

    The team races to Sitka, where a hunter's been shot in the back; two men in Kodiak abandon a sinking boat; guardsmen load a sleigh with holiday cheer and visit remote Alaskan villages.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Surf's Up
    NaN/100 votes
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    #7 - Surf's Up

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/11/2012

    Rough seas are battled to reach a small boat; a surfer who sought shelter from the waves must be hoisted off a 200-foot cliff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Into the Night
    NaN/100 votes
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    #8 - Into the Night

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2012

    The second season of Coast Guard Alaska kicks off with an epic story. On the night of January 24, 2012, Air Station Kodiak is hit by a pair of daunting rescue missions. When two distressed fishing vessels call for help, the Guardsmen muster all of their resources on the ground and in the air as they battle hurricane-force winds and bitter, subzero temperatures to rescue 11 passengers whose lives are on the line.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Remote Rescue
    NaN/100 votes
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    #9 - Remote Rescue

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 4/25/2012

    Episode 2 of Coast Guard Alaska shows the unique heroism of the men and women who respond to medevacs along the remote corners of Southeast Alaska-- where the Guardsmen are often the first and only option for safe passage. Among those they must rescue are a man who suffers a heart attack, a woman who goes into labor, and an injured hunter who makes a desperate call for help after spending a bone-chilling night in the Alaskan wilderness.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Survival of the Fittest
    NaN/100 votes
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    #10 - Survival of the Fittest

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2012

    The Guardsmen race to the scene when a damaged vessel goes drifting across the tumultuous Bering Sea, an injured man needs to be hoisted off a freighter, and three hunters go stranded in the woods near Sitka. Back in Kodiak, rescue swimmers are embedded in the forest for a "survival school" that teaches them the most important lesson of all--how to stay alive in the treacherous Alaskan landscape.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Come Heck, or High Water
    NaN/100 votes
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    #11 - Come Heck, or High Water

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/9/2012

    Coast Guard Alaska takes to the skies and the seas on dramatic missions where not everything goes according to plan--and where the rescuers become the rescued. The helicopter crew is faced with a tough decision when one of their own calls for help, and on the Coast Guard cutter Alex Haley, a small boat team faces a serious situation when they attempt to board a fishing vessel in the turbulent waters of the Bering Sea.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Family Matters
    NaN/100 votes
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    #12 - Family Matters

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 5/16/2012

    In Alaska, while the seasons change, the dangers remain the same. The Coast Guard launches to a remote Alaskan village when an infant's life hangs in the balance. An injured woman aboard a fishing vessel must be airlifted to safety. And when a Coast Guard crewman is hurt in the line of duty, Air Station Kodiak takes the call to save one of their own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost and Found
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    #13 - Lost and Found

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 6/27/2012

    Coast Guard rescuers at Air Station Sitka race to save a fisherman struggling with deadly seizures, and to the scene of an accident when a man is pinned under a truck. And when a teenager goes missing in the woods, it's up to the Coast Guard to bring her home before time runs out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Precious Cargo
    NaN/100 votes
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    #14 - Precious Cargo

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 7/11/2012

    Rescue missions in Cordova, Sitka and Kodiak tell the compelling stories of a fisherman whose life hangs in the balance, four hunters whose skiff goes lost at sea, and a crucial medevac for a woman facing agonizing pain.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Same Sheet of Music
    NaN/100 votes
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    #15 - The Same Sheet of Music

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/28/2012

    Air Station Kodiak launches on varied rescue missions including medevacs for a heart attack victim and a violently injured fisherman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • True Guardian
    NaN/100 votes
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    #16 - True Guardian

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/5/2012

    The Coast Guard faces off against gale force winds, relentless waves and dizzying heights to rescue the crew of a battered fishing vessel, an injured hiker, and a pair of ailing patients in Kodiak.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Shocking Rescue
    NaN/100 votes
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    #17 - A Shocking Rescue

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2012

    Air Station Kodiak launches on varied rescue missions including medevacs for a heart attack victim and a violently injured fisherman. And when a damaged ship begins taking on water in the Bering Sea, the Coast Guard comes to their aid.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Changing of the Guard
    NaN/100 votes
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    #18 - Changing of the Guard

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/19/2012

    Air Station Sitka rushes to the aid of both an unconscious woman on a cruise ship and a small child suffering from seizures. And when a vessel is in danger of going under, the guardsmen answer their call for help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Into the Mist
    NaN/100 votes
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    #19 - Into the Mist

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/2/2013

    In Sitka, an epic mission sets off when multiple air crews scour the seas for two missing fishermen.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Good Day For A Bad Day
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    #20 - A Good Day For A Bad Day

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2013

    In Sitka, the Coast Guard drops to a commercial cruise ship to medevac a critically ill patient.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • An Eye-Opening Experience
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    #21 - An Eye-Opening Experience

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/2013

    As the commander of Air Station Kodiak retires, the Cost Guard ramps up on dramatic SAR cases including a flight to pick up a fisherman gone overboard and a medevac for a badly injured veteran. And when a colossal oil rig goes rogue with eighteen souls trapped aboard, the Guardsmen take on a daring rescue mission.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • We Have the Watch
    NaN/100 votes
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    #22 - We Have the Watch

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/24/2013

    The men and women of Air Station Sitka take on three perilous missions including an intense medevac for a heart attack victim on the brink of death, a risky hoist down to a fishing vessel taking on water, and a nighttime search along the frigid coastline for a fisherman lost ashore.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Pretty Severe Condition
    NaN/100 votes
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    #23 - A Pretty Severe Condition

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/31/2013

    Wild turbulence, freezing temperatures and extreme heights are some of the obstacles facing the Coast Guard in Kodiak as they come to the rescue of a patient in a remote town, a boater stranded on a freezing beach and a hunter trapped in the mountains.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Open Water
    NaN/100 votes
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    #24 - Open Water

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 8/7/2013

    Air Station Sitka responds to a call to medevac a man suffering from internal bleeding. Meanwhile, the Coast Guard in Kodiak gear up to rescue kayakers stranded in the ice, a man with several broken ribs, and the severely beleaguered crew of an overdue fishing vessel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All You Can Do
    NaN/100 votes
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    #25 - All You Can Do

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/21/2013

    A sailboat loses its engines in rough seas;a sick child in a remote Alaskan village; a man in grave condition aboard a charter vessel.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A