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…
USCGC Polar Star Departs Seattle for Antarctica
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed Seattle, Wednesday, and is scheduled to transit to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint…