Abdullatif Ahmed recalls his journey from Yemen to working on the icy waters of the Great Lakes, where Yemeni sailors shaped the region’s maritime history.

The ship wasn't damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said. Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in the winter but sometimes run into ice that is too hard or thick to break ...

To that end, the nonprofit Great Lakes Observing System, or GLOS, is asking ice fishing anglers and others who go out on the ...

Great Lakes freighters typically are able to navigate surface ice in the winter, but occasionally encounter ice that’s too hard or thick to break through, he said. The Manitoulin wasn’t damaged and ...

The ship wasn't damaged, and its crew is safe, officials said. Freighters in the Great Lakes often encounter surface ice in the winter but sometimes run into ice that is too hard or thick to break ...

The “piece de resistance” was the display showing over 100 years of F.W. Wakefield’s “Tobermory II,” “Champion” and now “Gerald D. Neville.” ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been ...

said Paul Angelillo, a search and rescue specialist with the Coast Guard in Buffalo. Great Lakes freighters typically are able to navigate surface ice in the winter, but occasionally encounter ice ...