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The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice around Renda, a Russian-flagged tanker, 250 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 6, 2012. Healy is the Coast Guard's only operating polar icebreaker.

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The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice around Renda, a Russian-flagged tanker, 250 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 6, 2012. Healy is the Coast Guard's only operating polar icebreaker.

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