The first Swedish Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi


The first Swedish Icebreaker heads up the Mississippi 



As you may have seen on the news, it's been very cold in Iowa and Minnesota.  It has been so cold in fact that we have borrowed a Swedish Icebreaker to unclog the Mississippi starting over near Davenport and working its way north. Here is the first picture of it as it begins the hard work required to break up the ice.