The 65-foot Coast Guard ice breaking tug Line clears a path for maritime commerce along the Hudson River near Kingston, N.Y. Feb. 1, 2005.  The Bayonne, N.J.-based cutter Line is one of a local Coast Guard fleet of three 65-foot and three 140-foot icebreakers wrestling with Mother Nature to keep shipping channels open. (LCDR Jon Smithers/USCG Handout)

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