WATCH: Coast Guard crane hoists snowmobile off drifting ice on Lake Huron

The Coast Guard icebreaker Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB-30) utilized its crane to help lift a stranded snowmobile off a drifting ...
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See it: US Coast Guard rescues stranded snowmobiler from floating ice in Michigan

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard jumped into action this past weekend to save a stranded snowmobiler in Michigan. A 40-foot-long icebreaker was used to reach and extract the person.
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Double-decker Lift Bridge in U.P. opens to snowmobile traffic

HOUGHTON, MI - A really cool snowmobiling corridor has opened for the season on Michigan’s northernmost peninsula. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge - which connects the Upper Peninsula towns of Houghton ...
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Melting snow ends snowmobile crossings on double-decker U.P. lift bridge

Despite possible snow accumulation this week, the Portage Lake Lift Bridge is now closed to sleds for the remainder of the snowmobiling season, state officials announced. This is a sure sign of spring ...