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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads into Buffalo Harbor after spending the day breaking ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay heads into Buffalo Harbor after spending the day breaking ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, left, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped in a frozen Lake Erie on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit via AP)

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped in a frozen Lake Erie on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit via AP)

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped in a frozen Lake Erie on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit via AP)

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit deploys a helicopter crew to conduct overflights of Canadian vessel Manitoulin trapped in a frozen Lake Erie on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 in Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Detroit via AP)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, right, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, right, breaks ice, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, on Lake Erie around the lake freighter Manitoulin, which has been immobilized by thick lake ice since departing Buffalo on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. (Derek Gee/The Buffalo News via AP)