Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug homeported in Detroit, clear the buoy deck of ice with sledgehammers before beginning buoy operations during Operation Fall Retrieve, Dec. 7, 2013. During the winter months, lake spray freezes almost instantly on the decks of the cutter making operations extremely dangerous. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dwayne Matthews)
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