ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Renda and the Healy, a Russian tanker and a Coast Guard icebreaker, have finally reached open waters after completing a critical fuel delivery to Nome, according to Vitus Marine LLC.
The vessels broke free of ice in the Bering Sea around 1:00 p.m. on Sunday after spending more than a week navigating the winter waters.
The Renda will return to its home base in Vladivostok, Russia and the Healy is en route to Dutch Harbor to drop off supplies and will then return to Seattle.
The mission successfully delivered 1.3 million gallons of emergency fuel to Nome after a November storm prevented the last barge of heating oil and gasoline to reach the iced-in community.
