Coast Guard icebreaker rescues man aboard sailboat trapped in Arctic ice [Image 2 of 3]

AK, UNITED STATES

07.12.2014

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

Coast Guard Cutter Healy crewmembers make contact with a mariner aboard his 36-foot sailboat trapped in Arctic ice approximately 40 miles northeast of Barrow, Alaska, July 12, 2014. Coast Guard 17th District watchstanders in Juneau were contacted by North Slope Borough Search and Rescue that a man, sailing his sailboat from Vancouver, Canada, to eastern Canada via the Northwest Passage, needed assistance after his vessel had become trapped in the ice. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Healy)

• Date Taken: 07.12.2014
• Date Posted: 07.13.2014 14:09
• Photo ID: 1446020
• VIRIN: 140712-G-ZZ999-002
• Resolution: 1936x1296
• Size: 1.2 MB
• Location: AK, US