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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy approaches the Russian-flagged tanker Renda while breaking ice around the vessel in the Bering Sea 97 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2012. The two vessels departed Dutch Harbor for Nome, Jan. 3, 2012.

BERING SEA BREAKER

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy approaches the Russian-flagged tanker Renda while breaking ice around the vessel in the Bering Sea 97 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2012. The two vessels departed Dutch Harbor for Nome, Jan. 3, 2012.

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