Many people couldn’t point out Katmai National Park and Preserve on a map, but they’ve probably heard of it burly residents. Each fall, Katmai hosts Fat Bear Week, a beloved celebration of the park’s ...

See what they are doing this winter. — -- Because of the bitter cold temperatures this winter, the Great Lakes right now are more than 85 percent frozen -- more frozen than they have been all ...

Lieutenant Mike Patterson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Katmai Bay, took in the frozen scene from the wheelhouse of his ship. Out the windows, freighters pointing up- and ...

United States Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay (WTGB-101), homeported in Sault Sainte Marie, Mich., arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard for a drydock, inspection, maintenance and repair contract. The ...

GRAND HAVEN-- The United States Coast Guard icebreaker Katmai Bay is making its way back to Grand Haven after spending part of Sunday breaking the ice to avoid possible ice jams in the Grand River.The ...

With ice starting to build up on the Great Lakes, the U.S. Coast Guard has officially launched Operation Taconite, its annual icebreaking operation, for the 2024-25 winter season. The annual ice ...

A brown bear in Katmai National Park (Courtesy explore.org) Fat Bear Week, the annual celebration of brown bears gearing up for hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve, kicks off this week ...

An exploratory dive of the disabled U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay revealed that several key bolts that attached its rudder to a control post were gone by the time the vessel limped back to Duluth ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI – A woman in need of urgent medical assistance received some help from an unlikely source. The woman was on Mackinac Island when she suffered a medical emergency on Tuesday morning ...

The St. Marys River has reopened to vessel traffic after a U.S.-flagged Great Lakes freighter struck a channel light in the waterway.At approximately 1 a.m. on Thursday, the 730-foot bulk carrier ...