A 72-year-old Michigan man disappeared after going underwater at Victory Bible Camp near Glacier View on Saturday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers said.
Family and other people in the area could not find Clare Harkema when he didn’t resurface around 12:50 p.m., troopers said in an online statement.
Troopers, a LifeFlight helicopter, dive team and EMS searched the area and Harkema was found dead at 3:38 p.m., the statement said. His remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office, troopers said.
Victory Bible Camp is located near mile 94 of the Glenn Highway.