DATE: April 14, 2010 2:45:45 PM EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Affairs Detachment New York
U.S. Coast Guard

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Jan. 11, 2009 
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Multimedia Release

*MULTIMEDIA RELEASE* Coast Guard cold weather survival training

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NEW YORK-In this Coast Guard multimedia release, members of Coast Guard Station Kings Point, N.Y., take part in a surprise 24-hour cold weather training exercise where crewmembers donned survival suits and swam 250-yards through the freezing waters of Long Island Sound to a deserted island with minimal food, water and had to create their own shelters from materials found on the island, Dec. 10, 2009.

Media are invited to use and distribute this multimedia project via internet and social media sites.

 

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