Nation’s only Heavy Icebreaker returns Home following 105-day Antarctic Trip

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Nation’s only Heavy Icebreaker returns Home following 105-day Antarctic Trip

  SEATTLE — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned earlier this month to their homeport of Seattle following a 105-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military service mission in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency […]

USCGC Polar Star Makes New Zealand Trip

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USCGC Polar Star Makes New Zealand Trip

New Zealand has granted the United States permission for a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, to visit the port of Lyttelton later this month. The icebreaker will make the port call on its way to its home port of Seattle after completing a resupply mission supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), which […]