Icy conditions proved problematic for a bulk freighter on the St. Clair River near Harsens Island on Tuesday before two ice cutters and the Coast Guard helped it on its way. The freighter, the Herbert ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bollard was out on the Connecticut River Wednesday, breaking through thick sheets of ice covering the river. Bollard is one of 11 cutters working in the northeast for ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The U.S. Coast Guard shared an update Saturday on efforts to free the ice-bound ship stuck on Lake Erie since Wednesday. Several ice cutter ships are being used to break the ice ...

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 ...

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 - Duluth’s corner of Lake Superior on Wednesday was a curio cabinet of strange times on Gitche Gummee this spring. Seven lakers bore through gloppy ice and went under the Aerial Lift Bridge ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 660-foot vessel remains stuck in the ice in Lake Erie on Thursday night over 36 hours after it was first lodged there. The Canadian lake bulk carrier called the Manitoulin, which got ...

Sault Ste. Marie — Heavy ice in the St. Mary’s River and portions of Lake Superior has slowed traffic through the Soo Locks in the weeks since the shipping season reopened late last month. As result, ...

SEATTLE — They call it “ice liberty,” a tradition during the Coast Guard’s maritime missions in Arctic waters. At a thick ice floe, the crew gets to disembark for a brief moment of freedom from the ...