Originally Posted By: KenK
I think the PLB would do better than a satellite phone.

Aren't Alaska planes required to carry axes? It seems that I read that somewhere.


From Doug Ritter's website:
Alaska state law (AS 02.35.110. Emergency Rations and Equipment) was modified a while back to reduce the equipment required to be carried. The current regulations require that no airman may make a flight inside the state with an aircraft unless emergency equipment is carried as follows:

Alaskan and Canadian Survival Kit Regulations

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