Representaional Image: US Coast Guard ensures the rescue of a kayaker about 60 miles southwest of Santa Barbara's Point Conception near southern California.
Anchorage:
The U.S. Coast Guard has freed a Canadian sailboat that became trapped in Arctic ice off the north coast of Alaska.
KTUU-TV reports the 36-foot (11-meter) Altan Girl out of Vancouver was attempting to sail to eastern Canada through the Northwest Passage.
It became trapped in ice northeast of Barrow, the northernmost city in the United States.
The Coast Guard cutter Healy reached the sailboat, and with the Altan Girl in tow, on Saturday cut a 12-mile (19-kilometer) path through ice to open water.
The sailboat's owner says he intends to wait in Barrow for better weather and to restock supplies.
The Healy is on a National Science Foundation funded research mission in the Arctic. The Coast Guard says the cutter is continuing with its research.
KTUU-TV reports the 36-foot (11-meter) Altan Girl out of Vancouver was attempting to sail to eastern Canada through the Northwest Passage.
It became trapped in ice northeast of Barrow, the northernmost city in the United States.
The Coast Guard cutter Healy reached the sailboat, and with the Altan Girl in tow, on Saturday cut a 12-mile (19-kilometer) path through ice to open water.
The sailboat's owner says he intends to wait in Barrow for better weather and to restock supplies.
The Healy is on a National Science Foundation funded research mission in the Arctic. The Coast Guard says the cutter is continuing with its research.
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