CNN Erin Burnett OutFront March 10, 2014 23:40:00
Breakout. commander john stone and a crew of 20 have the daunting job of breaking through the near-record thick ice in wisconsin so these ships can start moving after a winter of hibernation. >> getting the shipping industry moving with all the goods we are carrying, coal, iron ore. >> reporter: last year more than 90 million tons of product moved through the great lakes. scheduled to leave this week, if it were a normal year it would get in through green bay. because the ice is so thick it will have to turn around and go south. today's mission is to not only clear a path to lake michigan but ...