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Fuel to start flowing to iced-in Alaska town

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Publish Date: 01-16-2012 03:18 PM -0800


The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Healy (L) and the Russian-flag bearing tanker Renda sit off the coast of Nome, Alaska after reaching the frozen Alaskan port on Sunday. Source: US Coast Guard.Crews have laid a hose along a half mile stretch of Bering Sea ice and were hoping Monday to soon begin transferring 1.3 million gallons of fuel from a Russian fuel tanker to the city of Nome.



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