{"id":62948,"date":"2022-02-02T17:35:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=62948"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:35:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T17:35:37","slug":"seattle-based-coast-guard-cutters-journey-through-the-arctic-no-ice-liberty-in-changing-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=62948","title":{"rendered":"Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter\u2019s journey through the Arctic: No \u2018ice liberty\u2019 in changing waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter\u2019s journey through the Arctic: No \u2018ice liberty\u2019 in changing waters<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Seattle Times<\/a>
\n2021-10-20<\/p>\n

Hal Bernton<\/strong><\/a>, Staff Reporter<\/p>\n

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The Coast Guard Cutter Healy<\/a> in the iceberg-laden waters of Baffin Bay<\/a> near Umanak<\/a> Fjord, Greenland<\/a>, on Sept. 24. Healy was designed to support a wide range of Arctic<\/a> research activities with more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches, and accommodations for a science team. (Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi \/ U.S. Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They call it \u201cice liberty,\u201d a tradition during the Coast Guard\u2019s<\/a> maritime missions in Arctic waters<\/a>. At a thick ice floe, the crew gets to disembark for a brief moment of freedom from the vessel confines. Some play touch football, or bring hockey gear for the occasion. Others just take a stroll.<\/p>\n

This year, there was no suitable ice to be found during the Coast Guard Cutter Healy\u2019s<\/a> northern journey off Alaska<\/a> and Canada<\/a>. So the event was canceled.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the floes<\/a> had melt ponds<\/a> with holes in them like Swiss cheese,\u201d said Capt. Kenneth Boda<\/a>, commander of the Seattle<\/a>-based icebreaker. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t get the right floe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boda spoke via telephone during a port call in Boston<\/a>. The vessel is deep into a marathon voyage that began July 10 as the 420-foot ship pulled away from its berth at the Coast Guard base in downtown Seattle and traveled into Arctic waters off Alaska. After a jog south, the Healy headed north again and through the Northwest Passage<\/a> to the Atlantic<\/a>…<\/p>\n

…Arctic shipwreck found<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A photograph of Captain Mike Healy<\/a> taken on the quarterdeck<\/a> of his most famous command, the Revenue Cutter Bear<\/a>, with his pet parrot. (U.S. Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the voyage, the Healy crew traversed some of the waters cruised more than a century ago by their vessel\u2019s namesake, \u201cHell Roaring\u201d Mike Healy<\/a>, captain of the wooden-hulled U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear<\/a> from 1886 to 1895.<\/p>\n

Healy, who was born into slavery, is a legendary figure in U.S. maritime history. He was the first person of African American descent to command a U.S. government ship, and embarked on annual patrols off Alaska, which covered 15,000 to 20,000 miles.<\/p>\n

Healy was a kind of maritime sheriff who helped enforce the law as he acted as \u201cjudge, doctor and policeman to Alaska Natives, merchant seamen, and whaling crews,\u201d according to a U.S. Coast Guard history, and also led the Bear on a historic 1884 rescue of starving survivors of an Arctic expedition<\/a> under command of Army 1st Lt. Adolphus Greely<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seattle-based Coast Guard cutter\u2019s journey through the Arctic: No \u2018ice liberty\u2019 in changing waters The Seattle Times 2021-10-20 Hal Bernton, Staff Reporter The Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the iceberg-laden waters of Baffin Bay near Umanak Fjord, Greenland, on Sept. 24. Healy was designed to support a wide range of Arctic research activities with more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1245,459,8,20],"tags":[32904,32906,26044,22346,32905,32907,5409,9872,5408,22351,22350,2685],"class_list":["post-62948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-biography","category-history","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-hal-bernton","tag-kenneth-boda","tag-michael-a-healy","tag-michael-healy","tag-mike-healy","tag-robert-pickart","tag-seattle","tag-seattle-times","tag-the-seattle-times","tag-u-s-coast-guard","tag-united-states-coast-guard","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62954,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62948\/revisions\/62954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}