Coast Guard Gears Up For Further Missions in Arctic Region, Operating Out of Kotzebue
![The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor Jan. 13, 2012. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/2012-01-13-untitled-001-2432px-1200x798.jpg)
Arctic Shield, which started on Saturday, involves the Coast Guard deploying cutters, various aircraft and staff to missions from Dutch Harbor, through the Bering Strait, up to the North Slope. Those deployments include crews from the Coast Guard Cutters Healy, Sherman, and others.