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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Welcome aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Penobscot Bay (WTGB 107). Every winter the crew makes their way up and down the Hudson River to ensure they have the security, ...

QUINCY (CBS) -- Chief Adam Lewis and his crew onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Shackle have been taking a relentless crack at the ice. WBZ-TV joined the excursion as they broke through layers of ice ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

STURGEON BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay now is on ice breaking duty for the 2024-25 winter season. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the vessel, homeported at the Coast Guard's Sturgeon Bay station, ...

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

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to Seattle Saturday following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica. The deployment marks the ship's 26th journey to Antarctica as part of Operation ...