On December 31, 2019, the 130-foot crab boat Scandies Rose left Kodiak, Alaska, bound for the Bering Sea with seven crew aboard, including 50-year-old engineer Arthur Ganacias. Near Sutwik Island the vessel encountered a severe storm with winds to 45 knots, 20-foot seas and heavy freezing spray. Ice built up rapidly and asymmetrically, the boat listed to starboard, and at about 10:00 p.m. the captain radioed that they were rolling over.

Two crew members, Dean Gribble Jr. and John Lawler, were later rescued from a life raft; the other five, including Ganacias, were not found and are presumed lost at sea after search efforts covering roughly 1,400 square miles were suspended. The NTSB determined the probable cause involved inaccurate stability instructions combined with heavier-than-forecast icing that raised the vessel’s center of gravity.

Did anyone have contact with Arthur Ganacias or the Scandies Rose before that trip who can add details about the final voyage?