USCGC Polar Star Deploys for Operation Deep Freeze
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Wednesday, and are scheduled to transit to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze (ODF)…
FS L’Astrolabe Returns to Reunion Island From Antarctic
Before leaving soon for a mission to the subantarctic islands, the polar patrol boat L’Astrolabe returned to its home port at the naval base of Port-des-Galets on the island of…
RNZN Officer Experiences Life on an Icebreaker
A sea ride that sounds like a constant earthquake is one way of describing a trip to McMurdo Sound in United States Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star. But for Midshipman…
2022-2023 Antarctic Campaign of the Chilean Navy Ends
Between the months of November 2022 and April 2023, different Units of the Chilean Navy were deployed in logistics support tasks to national and foreign bases in the Chilean Antarctic…
Hesperides Heading Home After Antarctic Deployment
The Spanish Navy oceanographic research ship Hesperides concluded her logistic task related to the closure of the Spanish Antarctic Bases Juan Carlos I and Gabriel de Castilla in the course…
ARA Canal Beagle Resupplies ARA Almirante Irizar in Ushuaia
At dawn March 22, ARA Canal Beagle transport arrived at the commercial port of the city of Ushuaia with the aim of carrying out the logistics bridge that allows the…
USCGC Polar Star Completes Operation Deep Freeze 2023
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region March 2, after 67 days below the Antarctic Circle in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023.…
USCGC Polar Star Breaks Ice to Resupply McMurdo Station
The cracking and breaking of ice on a metal hull can be heard from land as the heavy icebreaker U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) enters the harbor…
Second Stage of the Combined Naval Antarctic Patrol Ended
With its recent arrival in the city of Ushuaia, the ARA “Puerto Argentino” notice concluded the second stage of the XXIV Combined Naval Antarctic Patrol. This stage comprised 41 days…
Argentina Updates 2023 Antarctic Operations
After the transport ARA “Canal Beagle” sponsored the icebreaker ARA “Almirante Irízar” on Sunday at the Ushuaia dock, the tasks of transshipment of specific cargo destined for the icebreaker began,…