Anger turns to joy as icebreaker shows up off ice-encased Nome (click title to entry - thank you)
Alex DeMarban
Dec 02, 2011
About the time U.S. Sen. Mark Begich was writing a letter to the Coast Guard pleading for ice-breaking help to get 1.6 million gallons of fuel to Nome, residents in that Northwest Alaska community of 3,600 were looking out the window at, lo and behold, the Coast Guard's only functioning icebreaker.
Was it coincidence?
The 420-foot medium-duty ice-breaker apparently anchored a mile off Nome's coast unexpectedly and a helicopter delivered an ailing crewmember to Nome, said Nome Mayor Denise Michels.
"It's a total fluke," laughed Michels. "It's ironic." Residents saw the ship's lights this morning as it anchored up about a mile off the port during the surprise stop before it heads to its winter port in Washington state....
Was it coincidence?
The 420-foot medium-duty ice-breaker apparently anchored a mile off Nome's coast unexpectedly and a helicopter delivered an ailing crewmember to Nome, said Nome Mayor Denise Michels.
"It's a total fluke," laughed Michels. "It's ironic." Residents saw the ship's lights this morning as it anchored up about a mile off the port during the surprise stop before it heads to its winter port in Washington state....
