CRISFIELD, Md. (AP) — With the ice building around Smith Island and Crisfield, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources dispatched its ice cutter to help. Media outlets report the ice cutter, ...

Sometimes all it takes to break the ice is a 225-foot ship. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter “Alder” is a Juniper class seagoing buoy tender. It’s a bravo model, which means it has a reinforced hull ...

A season full of subzero temperatures has left Lake Michigan covered with a thick sheet of ice. The U.S. Coast Guard brought in one of its most powerful tools to help clear the waterway. It's the ...

For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. is getting a new heavy ice cutter to join the Coast Guard’s Polar Star and the Polar Sea, whose home port is Seattle. Democratic Senator Patty Murray said ice ...

DULUTH — Marshall School graduate Alexander Stewart talks like he’s got the best job in the world — and, for another day or so, it’s right in his hometown. “I’m coming into my sixth year working on ...

DULUTH — An outgoing freighter got stuck in Lake Superior ice about a mile from shore for a few hours Friday, drawing crowds eager to take in the spectacle of a Coast Guard ice cutter rescue. The Lee ...

Last week, we explained in our Cities 101 column why the ice on the Hudson River flows both ways, and today we’ll show you how the ice gets broken up to clear a channel for barges. This video by The ...

Ice Cutter Put to Use to Make the Path from Crisfield to Smith Island Safer Jan 23, 2025 Updated Jan 23, 2025 ...

ESSEX, Conn. (WTNH) — After a day back in its home port of New Haven on Wednesday, the Coast Guard Ice Cutter Bollard is ready to tackle the Connecticut River again. This time the 65 foot icebreaker ...