The Seattle Times online website (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009985331_polar02.html) is reporting the following story.
The Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has returned to Seattle after completing a summer scientific mission that included mapping parts of the Arctic Ocean seafloor along with a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker.
The 420-foot Healy, home-ported in Seattle, arrived at Pier 36 midday Thursday, a Coast Guard spokesman said. It now will go into dry dock for maintenance.
The Healy, commissioned in 2000, is the largest of the three Coast Guard polar icebreakers. The cutter's primary mission is scientific support in the Arctic. It also can handle other missions, such as search and rescue, ship escorts, environmental protection and enforcement of laws and treaties in the polar regions.
