The crab boat Destination sank in the Bering Sea on February 11, 2017, with six men aboard, including 36-year-old Alaska native Darrik Seibold. The vessel was last located about 4.4 nautical miles northwest of St. George Island before it vanished; no mayday was received and the ship’s emergency position-indicating radio beacon automatically alerted the U.S. Coast Guard. Severe winter weather with freezing spray and high winds hampered search efforts. After three days the search was suspended; only a life ring and a debris field were found.

In July 2017 NOAA located the wreck in roughly 250 feet of water and an ROV surveyed the site. The bodies, including Seibold’s, were not recovered. Coast Guard and NTSB investigations concluded the sinking was an accident caused by multiple factors: the captain’s decision to sail into hazardous freezing spray that produced massive ice accumulation, the vessel being overloaded with heavy crab pots and bait, and possibly an open hatch that allowed rapid flooding and capsizing within minutes.