NEW YORK, New York (Jan. 24, 2003)--U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sturgeon Bay, a 140-foot icebreaking tug homeported in Bayonne, NJ breaks ice Monday in the Hudson River. Coast Guard Cutters are breaking ice in the Hudson and other rivers in the area to ensure the safe flow of commerce during an unusual arctic-like freeze that has gripped the northeast for weeks. All the New England states rely on tug and barge traffic carrying heating oil and gasoline up the Hudson to the distribution centers in Albany, NY. USCG photo by PA3 Bill Barry