U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy returns to homeport

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Healy will arrive and moor at the Coast Guard pier here Saturday. 

Healy will be returning to homeport after completing the first two phases of the Bearing Ecosystem Study (BEST) 2009 mission. 

Over the last 81 days,  Healy’s crew deployed scientific equipment in support of BEST more than 1,000 times and traveled more than 7,300 nautical miles in and near the ice during the rapid transition from spring to summer.