Top photo: U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, stands at the port side rail on the Coast Guard icebreaker Bridle as it works its way through ice in the Penobscot River in Brewer on Friday. The Coast Guard maintains the shipping lane in winter for commercial traffic and Michaud was a guest for the trip.

Bottom photo: Coast Guard Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun, center right, talks to Michaud, front right, as the Coast Guard completes some ice-breaking efforts in the Penobscot River on Friday.