Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Australia, bound for Antarctica

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 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...

Nation’s only heavy icebreaker departs for Antarctic military operations

Nation’s only heavy icebreaker departs for Antarctic military operations
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, with 75,000 horsepower and its 13,500-ton weight, is guided by its crew to break through Antarctic ice en route to the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Jan. 16, 2017. The ship, which was designed more than 40 years ago, remains the world’s most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley HONOLULU...