The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days ...

The U.S. Coast Guard says a freighter is on the move after it was freed from ice that trapped it in frozen Lake Erie for days ...

The 663-foot Manitoulin has been trapped in the ice fields off the shore of Buffalo, New York since Wednesday.

A Canadian freighter named the Manitoulin became trapped in ice on Lake Erie near Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday (January 22 ...

Icebreaking efforts −including the arrival of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay to Buffalo on Thursday − are underway, ...

The National Weather Service reports that Lake Erie is roughly 70% frozen over. Ice thickness varies between 2 and 12 inches ...

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the ...

A Canadian freighter is stuck in ice on Lake Erie as it was leaving Buffalo, and the U.S. Coast Guard is currently working on ...

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped ...

according to a Buffalo News analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That, in large part, is likely due to Lake Erie’s declining ice coverage, experts said.

The American and Canadian Coast Guards are sending additional ice-breaking vessels to assist the Manitoulin but it's not known how long it will take to free the stranded ship.

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a ...