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The Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay conducts a backing and ramming evolution as it attempts to get into Ashtabula, Ohio, for fuel and other supplies Feb. 18, 2015. The goal in backing and ramming is to create a wide path in the ice so the ice has somewhere to go and doesn't create a larger problem with the creation of brash ice, an accumulation of floating ice made up of fragments. U.S. Coast Guard video by Lt. Cmdr. John Henry. |
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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads home to Detroit from Cleveland following a previously-cut track through the ice, Feb. 21, 2015. The ability to follow a clear path through Lake Erie has been a rare opportunity since Lake Erie is more than 95 percent iced over. U.S. Coast Guard video by Lt. Cmdr. John Henry. |