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.
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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. |
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.