USCGC Polar Star left Elliott Bay Wednesday for Operation Deep Freeze, supporting the annual resupply of U.S. Antarctic research stations.
SEATTLE — The only U.S. vessel capable of breaking a navigable channel through ice up to 21 feet thick departed Seattle on Wednesday for its annual Antarctic deployment, the Coast Guard said.
The U.S.’ only heavy icebreaker is en route to McMurdo Station, the largest U.S. facility in Antarctica and the logistics hub of the nation’s Antarctic Program. This marks the ship’s 29th deployment under Operation Deep Freeze, a long-running joint military mission that supports the National Science Foundation and ensures supply and fuel ships can
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