Coast Guard heavy icebreaker Polar Star (WAGB 10) moors up to the ice pier at McMurdo Station. Photo: Coast Guard
Also In This Issue:
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…