The United States Coast Guard cutter Bollard breaks ice on the Connecticut River between Chester and Hadlyme Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Bollard is a 65-foot icebreaking harbor tug based at Group Long Island Sound in New Haven. The crew has been working this week out of Essex breaking a relief channel in the ice on the river that measures as much as a foot thick in places.
Photo courtesy of Sean D. Elliot/Special to the Courier
Chief Boatswain's Mate Lance Defoggi steers the United States Coast Guard cutter Bollard breaking ice on the Connecticut River between Chester and Hadlyme Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Bollard is a 65-foot icebreaking harbor tug based at Group Long Island Sound in New Haven. The crew has been working this week out of Essex breaking a relief channel in the ice on the river that measures as much as a foot thick in places.
Photo courtesy of Sean D. Elliot/Special to the Courier
Boatswain's Mate 1st class Sebastian Derda watches the wake from the propeller of the United States Coast Guard cutter Bollard churning the broken ice on the Connecticut River between Chester and Hadlyme Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Bollard is a 65-foot icebreaking harbor tug based at Group Long Island Sound in New Haven. The crew has been working this week out of Essex breaking a relief channel in the ice on the river that measures as much as a foot thick in places.
Photo courtesy of Sean D. Elliot/Special to the Courier
The United States Coast Guard cutter Bollard breaks ice on the Connecticut River between Chester and Hadlyme Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Bollard is a 65-foot icebreaking harbor tug based at Group Long Island Sound in New Haven. The crew has been working this week out of Essex breaking a relief channel in the ice on the river that measures as much as a foot thick in places.
Photo courtesy of Sean D. Elliot/Special to the Courier