Lt. Scott Rae, Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay's commanding officer, explains ice breaking operations to reporter Steven Ference and camera man Shawn Hillaboe from Capital 9 News in Albany during an area familiarization trip in preparation for ice operations on the Hudson River Dec. 18, 2008. The Sturgeon Bay, homeported in Bayonne, N.J., also conducts search and rescue, pollution response and security missions in New York's waterways.