Russian Tanker Renda 27 Miles from Nome

The Coast Guard and the City of Nome strongly encourage the residents of Nome to avoid traveling on the ice as the Coast Guard cutter Healy and tanker Renda begin transiting shore fast ice surrounding the city.

BERING SEA - The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice around the Russian-flagged tanker Renda 250 miles south of Nome Jan. 6, 2012. The Healy is the Coast Guard's only currently operating polar icebreaker. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis.

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by Megan Mazurek

Story Created: Jan 6, 2012 at 5:22 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Jan 13, 2012 at 5:16 PM AKDT

The Russian tanker Renda and Coast Guard cutter Healy are less than 30 miles from Nome
The Coast Guard and the City of Nome strongly encourage the residents of Nome to avoid traveling on the ice as the Coast Guard cutter Healy and tanker Renda begin transiting shore fast ice surrounding the city.
Throughout the duration of the transfer operations, people and vehicles will be restricted from areas 50 yards around fuel delivery hoses and 100 yards from the tanker Renda. These areas will be marked with wooden survey stakes. In addition, the fuel transfer hose will be lit during hours of darkness.
The best place to view the operations will be from the uplands near middle beach along the south side of the small boat harbor.
The tanker is delivering more than 1 million gallons of diesel
fuel and about 300,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline to Nome, which
is iced-in and needing fuel for winter.

Photo Courtesy: Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally

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