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Coast Guard Icebreaker Arrives At Antarctic Station

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 7th, 2022

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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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