Searchers Looking For Missing Newtok Seal Hunter

A search was launched Tuesday afternoon for a seal hunter missing out of Newtok. Tom John, age 59, had a red and yellow kayak that was not found with his vehicle at the ice edge by searchers. He left Newtok on Monday for his hunt. The ground and air search for Tom John involves State Troopers, the Civil Air Patrol, volunteers, the Coast Guard, and the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center.