Some public safety personnel are furious a D.C. Fire and EMS fire boat capable of breaking ice was out of service when a plane and helicopter crashed in midair late Wednesday and plunged into the ...

BALTIMORE -- WJZ got a first-hand look at the ice-cutting vessel the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) uses when parts of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed freeze over. It's a rare ...

Spring whaling season in Utqiaġvik depends on the quickly changing conditions of the sea ice: Is it safe for the whalers to snowmachine, set up camp and pull up a whale weighing over 50 tons? Do they ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich,. (WPBN/WGTU) - - U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes has started ice breaking operations on the Great Lakes. Operation Taconite will prevent newly formed ice that may ...

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The U.S. Coast Guard is starting ice-breaking operations on Lake Superior today to ensure the flow of commercial vessels throughout the winter, officials announced. USCG Sector ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — During the cold winter months, streets aren't the only areas in need of service to keep things flowing in the city. Roads would be impassable without plows, and the same could be said ...

STURGEON BAY — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay now is on ice breaking duty for the 2024-25 winter season. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the vessel, homeported at the Coast Guard's Sturgeon Bay station, ...