PORTAGE, Mich. - Fireman Mathew Stuber of Coast Guard Cutter Alder tries to hold a buoy in place after dropping his gloves and not having time to put them back on, Nov.14, 2008 on western Lake Superior. CGC Alder is part of Operation Fall Retrieve, which switches all buoys in the Great Lakes with more durable ice buoys before the winter freezes the Lakes.