A curious Adelie penguin stands near the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2016. During their visit to Antarctica for Deep Freeze 2016, the U.S. military’s ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB -10) transits across Elliott Bay after departing Coast Guard Base Seattle, Washington, Nov. 22, 2024. US Coast Guard Photo Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departed the Antarctic region last week after 65 days south of the Antarctic Circle as part of of Operation Deep Freeze 2025. The annual event is led by the ...

The Polar Star (WAGB 10), a Seattle-based US Coast Guard Cutter, departed Friday for a months-long deployment to Antarctica. The Polar Star will be a part of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint ...

The vessel, called the Antarctic Chieftain, got out of its icy trap Friday night with the assistance of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Polar Star. The Polar Star will now tow the Antarctic Chieftain ...

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned to Seattle Saturday following a 144-day deployment to Antarctica. The deployment marks the ship's 26th journey to Antarctica as part of ...

Operation Deep Freeze kicked off at 2 p.m. as theCutter Polar Star left the US Coast Guard Base Seattle on Alaskan Way South. The Coast Guard said the annual journey's mission is to resupply the ...

The Coast Guard operates just two icebreakers — the 48-year-old heavy icebreaker Polar Star, and the 27-year ... called Polar Security Cutters, six years behind schedule.

As the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle recently for its deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, all eyes come back around to the U.S ...

Caption The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Polar Star, pictured carving through ice in this 2017 USCG image, supported the Naval Postgraduate School research team in the field during a detailed ...

the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar security cutter for the U.S. Coast Guard was ...

SEATTLE — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star has departed to support a joint military service mission called Operation Deep Freeze. Seattle is the homeport for the heavy icebreaker, and Captain ...