Alaska hunting trip ended in tragedy. Seventeen years later, a family finally got answers.

Human remains discovered on Alaska’s Nunivak Island in 2009 have been officially identified as George Smith Sr. The 79-year-old hunter disappeared during a hunting trip that ended in tragedy. This identification comes seventeen years after the initial discovery, finally providing the family with the answers they had been seeking regarding his fate. The discovery on Nunivak Island concludes a long period of uncertainty for the relatives of the missing hunter in the remote region.