Fix a 200,000 pound motor

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy is one of the country's three polar ice breakers, or Polar Security Cutters. The Healy lets the United States be a leader in Arctic science research by hosting scientists who studying the Arctic environment and its marine life, to help us better understand this very unique environment. While Healy was on patrol last year, its motor caught fire. See what it takes to replace a motor weighing more than 200,000 pounds! 

More from CGC Healy

• Learn more about the CGC Healy  
• Watch: Time Lapse video of USCGC Healy Science Deployment (The Healy’s crew and scientists from the Office of Naval Research study stratified ocean dynamics in the Arctic Ocean. The Healy deployed a series of oceanic sensors to study the environmental factors that influence the missing of the layers of the ocean.) 
• The Healy reached the North Pole during a historic expedition! 
• From kitchen timers to autonomous Seagliders; A University of Washington engineer is looking to unlock the Arctic’s frigid secrets with technology 

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• Download the Official U.S. Coast Guard Coloring Book!

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• Ports & Waterways Security
• Drug Interdiction
• Aids to Navigation
• Search and Rescue
• Defense Readiness
• Living Marine Resources
• Migrant Interdiction
• Marine Environmental Protection
• Ice Operations
• Other Law Enforcement