Barbella
Senator
Freezing temperatures in New York have left the Hudson River a stretch of impenetrable ice spelling trouble for the barges that transport supplies and energy resources throughout the northeast
A ship is pushed through the ice as it makes its way down the East River on Tuesday morning. Heavy ice in the East River shut down commuter ferry service stopping travel between Manhattan, Queens, and Brooklyn
To ensure that these vital supplies continue through the winter months the U.S. Coast Guard has nine boats of varying sizes that it sends to cut pathways through the ice which this year has been up to 1.5 feet thick
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