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Icebreaker Polar Star participates in Operation Deep Freeze in Antarctica
Two scuba divers are lowered to the ice Feb. 1, 2020, from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) approximately seven miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Scuba divers from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and the Royal Canadian Navy are serving aboard the Polar Star in order to effect emergency repairs if needed to the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is working near Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2020, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi
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Tags: McMurdo, NSF, U.S. Coast Guard, icebreaker, Polar Star, ANTARCTICA, Uscg, Coast Guard, Operation Deep Freeze, OperationDeepFreeze, WAGB-10, Southern Ocean
Photo by: Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoL |  VIRIN: 200201-G-EM820-0413.JPG
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