"Lisa Hatland"

The Cutter Maple became the sixth Coast Guard vessel ever to transit the famed Northwest Passage last summer, when it completed the 8,000-mile trip from Sitka to Baltimore, Maryland. Despite almost a year of planning, the trip was no cakewalk.

The Maple’s trip is intended to celebrate the anniversary of the Coast Guard’s last trip through the Northwest Passage and to re-establish logistics with Canada for securing the important waterway.