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…
Polar Star Conducts Operation Deep Freeze Mission
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew arrived at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, Jan. 16, following the cutter’s departure from its Seattle homeport Nov. 15. This…
MV Ocean Gladiator Arrives at McMurdo Station
The Military Sealift Command chartered ship MV Ocean Gladiator has arrived at the ice-pier at McMurdo Station, Antarctica in support of the annual resupply mission to McMurdo Station, Antarctica; Operation…
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…
Polar Star Returns Home by Easter after Operation Deep Freeze 2023
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to its homeport of Seattle, Saturday, following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023.…
Polar Star Visits Valparaiso After Operation Deep Freeze
The icebreaker “Polar Star” of the US Coast Guard is visiting Valparaiso, after carrying out a commission in Antarctica that allowed the resupply of the McMurdo base, opening a channel…
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…
USCGC Polar Star Stops in Sydney Before Antarctica
The United States’ only operational heavy icebreaker, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), made a scheduled port call, Thursday, in Chowder Bay, Australia. The Polar Star’s Chowder…