The Coast Guard's Operation Taconite, which started last week, is the agency's largest domestic ice breaking operation. The ...

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) is assigned to manage the ice-breaking needs of western Lake Superior, specifically the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said that with ice forming, its fleet of icebreakers has begun working to keep shipping underway on the ...

USCG Sector Northern Great Lakes commenced Operation Taconite this morning with USCG Cutter Mackinaw breaking ice on western ...

Each winter, the Soo Locks is closed to shipping traffic so a long list of maintenance projects can be completed.

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector of the Northern Great Lakes began Operation Taconite to prevent newly formed ice from hindering ...

The Mobile Bay and three other cutters are tasked with managing ice cover for commercial maritime traffic in and around the ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) is assigned to manage the ice breaking needs of western Lake Superior, specifically the twin ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.

As many anglers are excited to get out onto the ice now that the cold air has moved in. But the U.S. Coast Guard in Duluth is getting ready for ice rescues. Currents still flow underneath the ice and ...

U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes commenced Operation Taconite to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial vessel traffic at 8 a.m. Monday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Persistent below-freezing temperatures have kick-started the formation of ice on Lake Erie, which was ...

The ice shack rescue took place four days before the Coast Guard announced the start of ice-breaking operations in the Great ...