The Healy, which is designed to break through ice up to 4.5 feet thick, is one of only two operating polar-class icebreakers owned by the Coast Guard.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice in support of scientific research in the Arctic Ocean during a 2006 cruise. The Healy is now on its way to Alaska and scheduled to complete three missions this year, including a sailing through the Northwest Passage to Greenland. , the largest U.S. icebreaker, is on its way to Alaska for the first of three Arctic scientific missions planned over the coming months.
The research vessel Sikuliaq, owned by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is docked in Seward on the evening of July 4, 2022. The Sikuliaq’s 2024 research cruises are already underway. owned by the Coast Guard. While the Healy generally works in the Arctic during the summer and fall supporting scientific research and other purposes, the Coast Guard’s other polar icebreaker, the Polar Star, is usually assigned to the Antarctic.
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