Quinn Whitten, 50, and his roommate, 31-year-old Josiah Bracken, left Back Beach in Sitka, Alaska on the night of December 13, 2025 in a 14-foot Lund skiff bound for Whitten’s floathouse at Camp Coogan Bay, about a five-nautical-mile trip. Weather that night was poor, with high winds and snow. They were expected the next day but never returned; a missing-person report was made on December 15 when both failed to show up for work.

A multi-agency search by the U.S. Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers, local search-and-rescue teams, the U.S. Forest Service and Good Samaritan vessels covered more than 158 square miles of water and shoreline but was suspended on December 17 after no trace of the men or their skiff was found. Reports say the skiff was known to take on water and had been heavily loaded with supplies the night they left.

In late December a theft was reported at the Camp Coogan Bay floathouse; a woman was later indicted for stealing firearms and other items from the residence in the days after the disappearance. Whitten’s mother filed a petition for a presumptive death declaration in January 2026. Does anyone have information about their route, the floathouse, or that skiff?