Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 03.08.2015
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay take a dip in Lake Erie at sunset with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon and the motor vessel Algoma Hansa in the background, March 8, 2015. The crews of the Brstol Bay and Griffon created a path through the ice the during the day, before taking a break in the evening and waiting out the wind, which was closing lanes as fast as they were......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 03.08.2015
Seaman Luke Schlenz, Petty Officer 3rd Class John Russell, Petty Officer 1st Class Dwayne Matthews and Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould enjoy an icy swim behind the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay during a Great Lakes-style swim call, March 8, 2015. Swim calls are a traditional reward given to members of a cutter crew for a job well done. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. John Henry)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 03.08.2015
The motor vessel Algoma Hansa sits in a frozen Lake Erie near a wind row created by the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, March 8, 2015. The Bristol Bay's escort of the Algoma Hansa was called to a hault due to high winds, which were closing lanes as fast as the icebreakers were opening them. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 03.08.2015
The Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay sits in the middle of Lake Erie as its crew takes ice liberty during a short break from ice breaking duties as part of Operation Coal Shovel, March 8, 2015. The crew of the Bristol Bay, along with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon, escorted the motor vessel Algoma Hansa through a frozen Lake Erie. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Gould)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.19.2015
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon, a 234-foot multi-mission medium icebreaker, breaks ice in Lake Erie en route to a rendezvous with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, Feb. 19, 2015. The Griffon will assist the Bristol Bay into Cleveland Harbor before making way to assist the motor vessel Arthur M. Anderson, which is beset in ice near Ashtabula, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Canadian......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.19.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay breaks ice outside of Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. The Bristol Bay has encountered ice 8 to 10 feet in Lake Erie and brash ice, which is the jagged landscape, five to six feet thick. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Coast Guard)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.19.2015
The motor vessel Arthur M. Anderson is beset in ice near Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Griffon, a 234-foot multi-mission medium icebreaker, and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, are coordinating assists efforts. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Coast Guard)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District | 02.19.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay backs down from a wall of ice as it prepares to ram the wall in efforts to clear a path into Ashtabula, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2015. The Bristol Bay has encountered ice 8 to 10 feet in Lake Erie and brash ice, which is the jagged landscape, 5 to 6 feet thick. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. John Henry)...
