The Manitoulin, a 663-foot vessel, remained stuck just offshore of Buffalo, New York for the second day on Thursday. An ice-cutting barge, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, was dispatched earlier today to help free the freighter from the snow and ice field.

The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards are continuing efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a frozen Lake Erie for days, officials said.

Video grab as a Canadian cargo freighter which was had been stuck in a frozen lake for days was freed on Saturday (25).The Manitoulin, a 663-foot vessel carrying 17 crew members, became stuck in ice on Lake Erie off the coast of Buffalo,

The U.S. Coast Guard has requested assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard. CCGS Samuel Risley, a 229-foot icebreaker, is on its way from Windsor.

U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard free the Canadian freighter Manitoulin from ice on Lake Erie. It was stuck on the frozen lake for several days. (Video Credit: @weather_buffalo via Storyful).

A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin

It’s unclear how long it might take to cut the Canadian freighter Manitoulin out of the Lake Erie ice, which is thick this year.

U.S. Coast Guard works to free a 660-foot Canadian freighter trapped in ice on Lake Erie. It got stuck after making a wheat delivery near Buffalo.

Canadian and American coast guards used three vessels to break ice around Lower Lakes Towing Ltd.‘s 202-metre-long bulk carrier Manitoulin before escorting it 32-kilometres up Lake Erie

The 663-foot Manitoulin became stuck in ice that was rapidly forming in sub-zero temperatures off the Buffalo shoreline.

The lake freighter Manitoulin, stuck in the growing Lake Erie ice field off Buffalo since Wednesday, is getting help from yet another icebreaking vessel from the Canadian Coast Guard Saturday.