Man Stranded in Alaska Rescued After Using iPhone Emergency SOS Satelite Feature

Guessing, the Apple media team is being dispatched to Alaska to film a segment on this for future commercials or Apple event.

Apparently "snowmachine" is what they call a snowmobile in Alaska. I was confused because I thought that was a device that makes fake snow at ski slopes.

Passing judgment on someone when you don't know the relevant facts is generally a bad idea. If this was a tourist near Anchorage or Fairbanks or Denali, that's one thing, but there probably aren't many tourists up near Kotzebue, especially in December.

This is going to lead to more people being saved, but also more people taking large risks that wouldn't have otherwise, good luck.

Too bad that PC mag just published its last (digital) issue, ending its 40-year run as a magazine. Does Ziff Davis have any remaining monthly publications?<p>I wonder how long pcmag.com will last?

That’s something like 50 miles (eyeballing the distance).<p>… as the crow flies<p>… at 1 am<p>… in northern alaska<p>… in the winter<p>I don’t know that much about living in Alaska, so I don’t know which side of the brave&#x2F;stupid line this falls. That said, my initial impression is squarely in the “stupid” category.

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So someone did the thing advertised in the thing, and it did the thing as advertised. Sounds like they should have been more careful, maybe have a compass and overall know what they were doing.