Tanker carrying fuel arrives at iced-in AK town (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Sun, 01/15/2012 - 8:16pm

This image provided by the U.S.<br /><br />Coast Guard shows the Coast Guard Ice Breaker Healy breaking ice near the city of Nome Alaska Jan. 14, 2012.<br /><br />The Healy is breaking ice near Nome to assist the Russian tanker Renda move into final position for offloading nearly 1.3 million gallons of petroleum products to the city.<br /><br />Russian tanker carrying much-needed fuel to Nome moored less than a half mile from the town's iced-in harbor Saturday evening, Jan. 14, 2012starting final preparations for delivering the diesel fuel and gasoline, the Coast Guard said.<br /><br />(AP Photo/US Coast Guard, Chief Petty Officer Kip Wadlow)AP - Crews worked to build a path Sunday over a half-mile of Bering Sea ice for the final leg of a Russian tanker's mission to deliver fuel to a town isolated amid one of the most severe Alaska winters in decades.




 

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