By Associated Press - Thursday, June 22, 2017

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The body of a man missing on a boating trip out of the Bering Strait village of Wales has been recovered.

Alaska State Troopers say the body of 23-year-old Timothy Miligrock was found Tuesday on the beach in front of town.

Miligrock’s body was transported to the state medical examiner for an autopsy. The whereabouts of another person with Miligrock, 14-year-old Damian Soolook, is still unknown.

Miligrock and the boy launched a small wooden rowboat at 2 a.m. June 11. A half hour later, village residents heard the boaters calling for help.

A village volunteer search-and-rescue group was joined by the Coast Guard in an unsuccessful search in fog, wind and ice.

Wales, with a population of 167, is 111 miles (179 kilometers) northwest of Nome.

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