The 140-foot icebreaking cutter launched from Erie, Pennsylvania around &:50 a.m. on Thursday and is expected to reach the stranded vessel around 2:00 p.m.It will work with a special barge to break it ...

The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late ...