Sveinn Adalsteinsson was 41 when he vanished from the 83-foot fishing vessel Alert on February 14, 1985. The Alert was last seen in the Shelikof Straits between Uganik Bay and Alitak Bay, off Kodiak, Alaska, while steaming toward Bumble Bay and battling heavy icing and severe weather. Four other crewmen disappeared with him: Captain Mel Wick, Shawn Heaney, Ray Basel, and Paul Rowe.

After the crew’s last communication the only sign reported was an oil slick; no debris or bodies have been recovered. The exact circumstances of the Alert’s loss remain unknown, and the case remains open.

If anyone has information about the Alert, its final voyage, or sightings in the Shelikof Straits on or around February 14, 1985, please come forward.