USCGC Polar Star completes Operation Deep Freeze 2024
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 12, after operating for 51 days below the Antarctic Circle in support of Operation Deep…
Scientists Deploy Ice Stations From USCGC Healy
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers ventured onto a floe of multi-year ice for the first of three multi-instrument ice stations in the Arctic Ocean…
U.S., Canadian Icebreakers Conduct Operation
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) and crew conducted joint operations with the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier and crew, Friday, in the Beaufort Sea, while northbound on…
Yantar Shipyard to Build Second Icebreaking Rescue Vessel
The Yantar Baltic Shipbuilding Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) laid down the keel of the Anadyr MPSV06M multifunctional ice-class emergency rescue vessel. The ceremony was attended by Governor…
ARA Almirante Irízar Resupplied Marambio
After almost a week of intense logistical work in front of the Marambio Antarctic Joint Base, the objective of resupplying it with food, general cargo, fuel, construction materials and machinery…
ASMAR Launches the Largest Ship Built in South America
With the launch of the new icebreaker ship “Almirante Viel”, at the industrial plant of the Navy Shipyards and Maestranzas (ASMAR) in Talcahuano, the first stage of this Unit concluded,…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy Reaches the North Pole
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) reached the North Pole Friday after traversing the frozen Arctic Ocean, marking only the second time a U.S. ship has reached the location…