The bow of the 420-foot US Coast Guard Cutter Healy. Healy's hull hull is reinforced with up to 2-inch thick steel plates at critical areas to withstand the impact of breaking ice.

Image ID: expl0399, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: Beaufort Sea, North of Point Barrow, Alaska
Photographer: Elisabeth Calvert
Credit: Hidden Ocean 2005 Expedition: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration.

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