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Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy observe the Russian-flagged tanker Renda as it follows the Healy's trail through the ice in the Bering Sea, Jan. 8, 2012. The 420-foot, Seattle-based cutter was escorting and assisting Renda on its mission to deliver more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome, Alaska.

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Crew members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy observe the Russian-flagged tanker Renda as it follows the Healy's trail through the ice in the Bering Sea, Jan. 8, 2012. The 420-foot, Seattle-based cutter was escorting and assisting Renda on its mission to deliver more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome, Alaska.

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