The Coast Guard’s annual Buoy Tender Roundup is in Juneau this week for the first time since 2012. Service members from Alaska, Washington, Oregon and the Canadian Coast Guard are participating. The week is filled with training and intense competition, like Tuesday’s “heat and beat” challenge.
Coast Guard members watch competitors in the heat and beat challenge. (Photo By Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
On Coast Guard Cutter Maple, team members heat up a chain to make it malleable. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
Onlookers cheer as the team beats the chain with a sledgehammer. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
In the field, the maneuver is done to switch out the chain attached to buoy. The Coast Guard sometimes has to do this several times a day. (Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
(Photo by Elizabeth Jenkins/KTOO)
The Coast Guard is offering public tours of the pier and a buoy tender from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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