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Coast Guard Icebreaker Arrives At Antarctic Station

Coast Guard Icebreaker Arrives At Antarctic Station
Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star (WAGB 10) moors up to the ice pier at McMurdo Station. Photo: Coast Guard

The Coast Guard’s lone heavy polar icebreaker on Monday reached the U.S. science station in Antarctica, breaking and grooming a 37-mile channel of ice to allow resupply of the facility to allow fuel and resupply ships to reach the facilities. The 399-foot Polar Star departed its homeport of Seattle on Nov. 13, 2021, and reached the Ross Sea in Antarctica on Jan. 3 to begin ice breaking operations to McMurdo Station. Two supply ships, the Maersk Peary and Ocean Giant,…

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