American Military News by Tanda Gmiter 12/13/2019
With ice coverage already expanding in commercial shipping ports in western Lake Superior, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie kicked off their annual ice-breaking effort this week.
“Operation Taconite†is one of two large ice-breaking operations the Coast Guard undertakes each winter to keep shipping lanes open and assist with other issues on the Great Lakes.
The ice-breaking crews working Operation Taconite will be in Lake Superior, the St. Marys River, the Straits of Mackinac, Georgian Bay, Green Bay, northern Lake Huron, and Lake Michigan.
Recent years have seen a few bitterly cold windows of fast-forming ice on the lakes, and freighters stuck in the ice have needed the Coast Guard’s help to break free.
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