Laura Kuckes, 29, and companion Isaac Kayutak left Barrow, Alaska on July 27, 1990 for a planned ten-day outing. They were last seen August 4, 1990 at their campsite on the Chipp River by other Barrow residents seeking fishing directions. They failed to return as scheduled.

On August 8 a search party found the couple’s 18-foot skiff overturned and lodged on a sandbar in Admiralty Bay, about 45 miles southeast of Barrow. A sleeping bag and Kuckes’s dog, which had drowned, were found with the boat. Searchers later recovered canvas bags containing camping equipment and personal medication belonging to both Kuckes and Kayutak. Authorities believe the skiff capsized while they were returning to Barrow, but the reason is unknown and neither person has ever been located.

Anyone who was in the Admiralty Bay or Chipp River area in early August 1990 or who remembers seeing the skiff or the campsite is asked to come forward with information.