Yes, it isn’t a USCG Cutter but the cute, small 140-foot (43 m) USCG Bay-class icebreaking harbor tug with hull numbers WTGB 101 through to WTGB 109.
USCG Icebreaker - Harbor Tug
They can proceed through fresh water ice up to 20 inches (51 cm) thick, and break ice up to 3 feet (0.91 m) thick, through ramming. These vessels are equipped with a system to lubricate their progress through the ice, by bubbling air through the hull.
Here is a new work from Lady Lazer_One inspired to the opposite approach to food: somebody refuse it while somebody else can’t get it…
Flying after dinner (about 22:00) from Mario Zucchelli Base (Baia Terranova) toward Mt. Melbourne, an active volcano, to install a seismograph.
On top of Mt. Melbourne
Posted in antarctica, ice
Tagged antarctica, Antartide, Baia Terranova, Base Mario Zucchelli, Ghiaccio, ice, Mount Merlbourne, Mt. Melbourne
In the fog
Posted in acquarelli, Watercolors
Tagged acquarelli, Acquarello, Barca, Barche, Boat, Fog, Nebbia, Tug, Watercolor
