Norwegian Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi River

As you may have seen on the news it's been very cold in Iowa.

So cold, in fact, that the US Corp of Engineers has borrowed a

Norwegian Icebreaker to clear the Mississippi River for freighter

traffic.  The Icebreaker is starting near Davenport and working

its way northward.

Here is a picture as the hard work of ice breaking begins. Impressive!