Cold Temps Keep Icebreakers Busy Along The Bay

KENT ISLAND, Md. - If you've ever had to wait for the snow plows to clear your roads so you can get to work, you'll understand what the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay have been going through this winter.

Some of the waterways feeding the Chesapeake Bay have been clogged with ice, so the Maryland Department of Natural Resources has sent out an icebreaker to clear the way.

Tuesday morning, DNR's Hydrographic Operations crew headed out to break up ice along the Chester River, just off Kent Island. Captain Shawn Orr took the AV Sandusky out to work at 8 a.m. The icebreaker is named for former Baltimore Colt Alex Sandusky, an offensive lineman whose job it was to clear a path for Baltimore Colts great quarterback Johnny Unitas.
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