<p>Coast Guard vessels broke up ice on the Connecticut River, near Essex, on January 18.</p><p>This video shows the 65-foot small harbor tugs Cutter Hawser and Bollard taking part in the Coast Guard’s effort to clear the river of ice jams, which NBC said</a> they had been doing for several days. In Haddam, Connecticut, the sheets of ice measured up to 10 feet in diameter, and posed major risk of flooding. Credit: Coast Guard Cutter Hawser via Storyful</p><br />
