TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The search for a 70-year-old hiker missing for a week in Isle Royale National Park ended Saturday when the U.S. Coast Guard and Michigan State Police rescued him.

With help from Good Samaritan backpackers, state police troopers and K-9 units located Craig Berg, who was reportedly injured and hypothermic. He had been missing since Sept. 5.

An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City hoisted Berg from the island and transported him to Marquette Regional Airport in Gwinn. Emergency medical personnel then took him to a local hospital.

On Friday, crews aboard a 45-foot Coast Guard response boat and an Air Station Traverse City helicopter transported troopers and K-9 units to Isle Royale to assist with the search.

Lt. Ben Eckola, public information officer for the Michigan State Police Eighth District, said everyone was grateful Berg was found alive and alert.

“The collaboration and hard work of everyone involved in the search helped locate Craig safely,” Eckola said. “We appreciate the Michigan State Police personnel who helped, as well as our partners at the U.S. Coast Guard, National Park Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, and Minnesota Department of Public Safety. We’re also thankful to the fellow hikers who helped, Isle Royale Seaplanes, and No One Left Behind K9 Search and Rescue.”

Eckola added, “Everyone’s efforts played an important part in finding Craig.”

Senior Chief Petty Officer Wendy Janson, command duty officer at the Sector Northern Great Lakes command center, said the rescue demonstrated what can happen when first responders and community members work together.

“We are extremely grateful we were able to get Mr. Berg safely off the island and deliver him to the medical care he needed,” Janson said.