Renda begins Nome fuel transfer (H-D Video / photos)

NOME, Alaska - Coast Guard safety inspectors walk the fuel line with Mayor Denise Michels, before fuel is transferred from tanker vessel Renda on Jan. 16, 2012. The transfer of 1.3 million gallons of fuel began at 5:06 p.m. and the process will take several days to safely complete. NOME, Alaska - Coast Guard safety inspectors and commercial counterparts, work with tanker vessel Resna crewmembers, preparing hoses for pressure tests on Jan. 16, 2012. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for the Renda since Jan. 3, 2012, to help deliver approximately 1.3 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to the town of Nome, Alaska.

NOME, Alaska - Personnel from Bonanza Fuel attach a fuel hose to the shoreside transfer connection at the Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. The transfer from the tanker vessel Renda began later that day.

Fuel hoses bridge the 1200 yard gap between the tanker vessel Renda and the shoreside fuel transfer connection in Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. The fuel transfer of more than 1.3 million gallons began later that day.

The tanker vessel Renda sits just off the coast of Nome with two fuel transfer hoses running to a causeway in the Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. After being escorted through the ice by the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, the Renda began delivering more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel later that day.

Two fuel transfer hoses run side-by-side from the tanker vessel Renda to the Nome harbor Jan. 16, 2012. The hoses began transferring more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel from the tanker to the town later that day.

NOME, Alaska - Coast Guard safety inspectors and industry counterparts, work with tanker vessel Renda crewmembers, preparing hoses for pressure tests on Jan. 16, 2012. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy has been escorting and breaking ice for the Renda since Jan. 3, 2012, to help deliver approximately 1.3 million gallons of gasoline and diesel to the town of Nome, Alaska.