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U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District
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Imagery Release Date: Sept. 24, 2009
Contact: Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn 
Phone: (907) 321-4513

Coast Guard's largest icebreaker arrives in Juneau

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrives at the Coast Guard pier in Juneau after patrolling the past three months studying the Arctic Ocean hydrohrapgy and mapping the extended continental shelf concluding the Arctic West Summer 2009 mission Thursday, Sept. 25, 2009. The Cutter is 420 feet long and has extensive scientific capabilities. The Healy has a crew of 80 with a primary mission in scientific support. In addition, as a Coast Guard Cutter, the Healy is capable of other missions such as search and rescue, ship escort, environmental protection and enforcement of laws and treaties in the Polar regions. (Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn)  JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrives at the Coast Guard pier in Juneau after patrolling the past three months studying the Arctic Ocean hydrohrapgy and mapping the extended continental shelf concluding the Arctic West Summer 2009 mission Thursday, Sept. 25, 2009. The Cutter is 420 feet long and has extensive scientific capabilities. The Healy has a crew of 80 with a primary mission in scientific support. In addition, as a Coast Guard Cutter, the Healy is capable of other missions such as search and rescue, ship escort, environmental protection and enforcement of laws and treaties in the Polar regions. (Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn)  JUNEAU, Alaska - Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Wright and Petty Officer 2nd Class Pasitalia Solofa work togethor to help the cutter moor to the pier Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. Juneau will be the Healy's final port call enroute to Seattle after completing a three month patrol studying the Arctic Ocean hydrography and mapping the extended continental shelf. (Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn)  JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrives at the Coast Guard pier in Juneau after patrolling the past three months studying the Arctic Ocean hydrohrapgy and mapping the extended continental shelf concluding the Arctic West Summer 2009 mission Thursday, Sept. 25, 2009. The Cutter is 420 feet long and has extensive scientific capabilities. The Healy has a crew of 80 with a primary mission in scientific support. In addition, as a Coast Guard Cutter, the Healy is capable of other missions such as search and rescue, ship escort, environmental protection and enforcement of laws and treaties in the Polar regions. (Coast Guard photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn)

JUNEAU, Alaska - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy arrives at the Coast Guard pier in Juneau after patrolling the past three months studying the Arctic Ocean hydrography and mapping the extended continental shelf concluding the crews Arctic West Summer 2009 mission Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009.  The cutter is 420 feet long and has extensive scientific capabilities.  The cutter has a crew of 80 with a primary mission in scientific support.  In addition, as a Coast Guard cutter, the Healy is capable of other missions such as search and rescue, ship escort, environmental protection and the enforcement of laws and treaties in the Polar regions.  (Coast Guard Photo / Petty Officer 3rd Class Walter Shinn)

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