We've looked at this ship and its namesake a few times, links after the jump.
From The Barents Observer September 18, 2023:
Only few days after U.S icebreaking coast guard ship Healy sailed through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea as part of a 7-week westbound voyage along the Russian Arctic coast, the Russian Navy started drills in the area on "protection of the Northern Sea."
The Healy on the 26th of August set out from the port of Kodiak in Alaska with course towards icy Arctic waters. The 128 meter long icebreaking coast guard vessel is on a historical mission that ultimately will bring it to the north Norwegian port of Tromsø.
It is a rare case that an American military vessel embarks on a voyage north of the Russian Arctic coast. It is a several thousand kilometre long sailing, and the Healy is due to arrive in Tromsø in early November.
The ship is the largest and most technologically advanced American icebreaker, as well as the US Coast Guard’s largest ship. The Coast Guard is responsible for maritime law enforcement. It is part of the U.S Armed Forces.
The purpose of the voyage is Arctic research, the Coast Guard informs. On board is a team of researchers from the National Science Foundation and the International Arctic Research Center. During the expedition, they will recover, service, and deploy nine long-term subsurface mooring arrays, stretching from the Eurasian Basin to the East Siberian Sea. It is part of the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System (NABOS)....
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October 11, 2022
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy Reaches The North Pole
It's a tough ship named for a tough guy and exactly what you need to bring Santa his provisions before the ice gets too thick.
That's the medium icebreaker Healy in the background the last time they made this humanitarian run. —from Canada Makes A Move In The Arctic, Claims The North Pole: "Santa is Canadian eh", June 2, 2019.
And from Coast Guard News, datelined NORTH POLE, October 4....
And on Captain Healy, December 23, 2019:
Uh Oh: Santa May Have a Big Problem
Specifically Federal law.
How's "CFR › Title 25 › Chapter I › Subchapter J › Part 243 › Section 243.4" grab ya, Mr. bowl full of jelly belly?
Originally posted for Christmas 2017:
The introduction of reindeer from Russia to Alaska was quite a big deal at the time and a project of one of the most amazing sailors in the history of the northern seas, Captain Michael Healy of the predecessor to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Revenue Cutter Service.
For 20 years Healy was the law from Seattle to Point Barrow and in what was to become the state of Alaska and the fact he was born a slave and rose to become the first black Captain in the service of the U.S. government was just a small part of his story.
The University of Alaska-Fairbanks has a short history of his and Rev. Sheldon Jackson's efforts to supply Alaskan Natives with a source of food, leather, income etc. when the northern whales and sea-lions were hunted to near extinction.
The largest and most advanced U.S. Coast Guard ship, the icebreaker Healy was named for the Captain and like its namesake is pretty tough.
A couple years ago it became the first U.S. surface ship to break its way to the North Pole:
But I digress. First up, the various caribou (reindeer) from around the Arctic, via Redbubble:
And from Cornell Law:
§ 243.4 Who can own or possess Alaskan reindeer?
