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Freighter on the move after it was freed from ice on frozen Lake Erie

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The Manitoulin , a 663-foot ( 202-meter ) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie .

It got stuck after it dropped off a load of wheat in Buffalo , New York , and was heading back to Canada .

The freighter was escorted by three ice icebreakers through more than 20 miles ( 32 kilometers ) of ice.

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