Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returns from Operation Deep Freeze 2023
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Keith Ropella, commanding officer of USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) embracers his wife upon return to homeport, April 8, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. Polar Star returned after completing Operation Deep Freeze 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to its homeport of...
America’s only heavy icebreaker returns to Seattle Saturday
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departs Seattle Nov. 16, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark)
SEATTLE — The United States’ only heavy icebreaker, the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, is scheduled to arrive to its Seattle homeport Saturday, April. 8, 2023.
Polar Star completed its 26th journey to Antarctica. This annual journey is conducted...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Chile
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew render honors to the Heroes of the Battle of Iquique at the changing of the guard ceremony in historic Plaza Sotomayor, Valparaiso, Chile, March 22, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest).
VALPARAISO, Chile – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed Valparaiso, Wednesday, following a multi-day visit where...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Antarctica
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) visited Palmer Station, a United States research station on the Antarctic peninsula after completing a successful deployment in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region March 2, after 67 days below the Antarctic...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Australia, bound for Antarctica
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew hosts guests for a reception aboard the cutter in Hobart, Tasmania, Dec. 18, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney)
HOBART, Australia — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew departed Hobart, December 21, 2022, to begin their journey across the Southern Ocean en route to Antarctica in support of...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star visits Australia on way to McMurdo Station
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) moors to a fuel pier in Sydney, Dec. 12, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney)
SYDNEY — The United States Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), the nation’s only operational heavy icebreaker, made a scheduled port call, Thursday, in Chowder Bay, Australia.
The Polar Star’s Chowder Bay port call is part of the...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Seattle; bound for Antarctica
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departs Seattle Nov. 16, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Clark)
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Wednesday, and is scheduled to transit to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze.
Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military mission to resupply the United...
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star holds change-of-command
Capts. Keith Ropella and William Woityra shake hands at the completion of the change of command ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WGAB 10) in Vallejo, Calif., July 11, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Ens. Katharina Commins.
VALLEJO, Calif. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) held a change of command ceremony Monday at the Maritime Museum in Vallejo.
Vice Adm. Andrew...
Helping Hands: Coast Guard Auxiliarists assist Polar Star’s galley
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliarists Samantha Logue (left), Miranda Henry (middle) and Lisa Hickman (right) stand in front of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10)’s galley emblem while underway in Antarctica. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)
The galley is the backbone of a working ship. U.S. Coast Guard culinary specialists are the unsung heroes of any cutter....
