By Sabine Poux, KDLL – Soldotna -December 6, 2021

The body of Luki Akelkok III was found Saturday, ending a multi-day search for the 28-year-old Dillingham man who went missing after his boat sank near Whittier in bad weather, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Akelkok was on the boat with 28-year-old Anchorage man Stefan Weingarth. Weingarth was found dead Wednesday night. The two men had been returning to Whittier from a hunt on Esther Islandearlier that daywhen they encountered rough seas and high winds. Weingarth contacted another group of boaters to report that they were five minutes outside of Whittier and sinking, said troopers. Bad weather hampered the rescue.

On Saturday, Aklelkok’s family and the boat’s owner were in Whittier to retrieve the capsized skiff.

Around noon, they found the boat about…