Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Garcia, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Garcia, a boatswain’s mate in Coast Guard CutterPolar Star’s navigation division, makes the first position log entry of the year while underway in the South Pacific Ocean Jan. 1,... More
Seaman Jedidiah Hadden, a member of the Coast Guard
Seaman Jedidiah Hadden, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s deck department, handles chains during crane training while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 28, 2016. The Polar Star’s deck d... More
Kris Waters, an engineering flight test specialist
Kris Waters, an engineering flight test specialist with Aerovironment Inc., records a wind reading with an anemometer on Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s flight deck in the Southern Ocean Jan. 3, 2016. The Coast... More
Lt. Joel Wright, operations officer aboard the Coast
Lt. Joel Wright, operations officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, checks the cutter’s position while departing Hobart, Australia, Dec. 30, 2015. As the conning officer, Wright navigated the cutter t... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck department practice throwing heaving lines at a bucket while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 28, 2016. The deck department uses heaving lines to p... More
Fireman Joseph Guenther, a member of the Coast Guard
Fireman Joseph Guenther, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's main propulsion division, relays a message to the cutter’s engineering control central while Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Bryan, a machi... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar approaches the pier at
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar approaches the pier at the U.S. Antarctic Program’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2016. The icebreaking effort is part of Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the Coast Guard’s logis... More
Fireman Austin Moilanen, a member of the Coast Guard
Fireman Austin Moilanen, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, removes soiled filters from the cutter’s fuel coalescer while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 28, 201... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star transits through
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star transits through sea ice shortly after crossing the Antarctic Circle Jan. 4, 2016. Polar Star is the nation’s only heavy icebreaker, and the world’s most powerful non-nuclear i... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is hove-to in McMurdo
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is hove-to in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, fast ice near the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Feb. 2, 2016. The U.S. Coast Guard is uniquely equipped and trained to... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctica’s
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf Feb. 4, 2016. The Ross Ice Shelf, a glacial mass extending into the Ross Sea dozens of miles off the continent, is the subject of modern ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Laisure, a storekeeper
Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Laisure, a storekeeper in Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s support department, operates the throttles during the cutter’s departure from Hobart, Australia, Dec. 30, 2015. During an... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s damage controlmen
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s damage controlmen salute Capt. Matthew Walker, commanding officer, after receiving medals they earned while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 28, 2016. The damage c... More
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department lower safety nets on the cutter’s flight deck while underway in the Southern Ocean Jan. 3, 2016. The crew lowered the nets in preparation for an unmanned... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Curly and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Curly and Petty Officer 3rd Class Preston Cummings, both boatswain’s mates in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department, operate one of the cutter’s boats near Antarctica’... More
Passengers and the crew of CGC Polar Star gather to
Passengers and the crew of CGC Polar Star gather to observe their first encounter with ice during Operation Deep Freeze 2016 in the Southern Ocean Jan. 3, 2016. The mission to resupply the National Science Foun... More
Fireman William Collier and Petty Officer 1st Class
Fireman William Collier and Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Rodriguez, both members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, help Fireman Austin Moilanen, also a member of the engineering d... More
Seamen Ryan Langlois and Jedidiah Hadden, both members
Seamen Ryan Langlois and Jedidiah Hadden, both members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s deck department, secure the cutter’s brow to a crane while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 28, 2016. The... More
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Forbidussi, the bos’n in
Chief Warrant Officer Scott Forbidussi, the bos’n in Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s deck department, relieves the watch as officer of the deck just before midnight in the South Pacific Ocean, Dec. 31, 2015. Th... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctic
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctic sea ice in the Southern Ocean Jan. 4, 2016. During Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the Polar Star crew will navigate through the ice to support an annual resup... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Draim, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Draim, a boatswain’s mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, observes the approaching sea ice edge in the Southern Ocean Jan. 4, 2016. The Polar Star crew encountered ice five... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Bryan, a machinery technician
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Bryan, a machinery technician in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's main propulsion division, explains simulation procedures before engineering casualty exercises while underway i... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctica’s
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star approaches Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf Feb. 4, 2016. The Seattle-based icebreaker is in Antarctica for Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the U.S. military’s logistical support of the... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Garcia, a boatswain’s
Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Garcia, a boatswain’s mate in Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s navigation division, plots the cutter’s position on a paper chart as the crew departs Hobart, Australia, Dec. 30, 20... More
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew members disembark
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew members disembark the cutter for ice liberty on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Feb. 2, 2016. Ice liberty gave the crew an opportunity to walk on multi-year ice after weeks of bein... More
CGC Polar Star crew members watch the final sunset
CGC Polar Star crew members watch the final sunset of 2015 from the cutter’s bridge in the South Pacific Ocean, Dec. 31, 2015. The crew brought in New Year’s Day while transiting from Australia to Antarctica fo... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew breaks a channel
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew breaks a channel to the U.S. Antarctic Program’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 12, 2016. Two supply ships will use the completed channel to deliver fuel and cargo to t... More
Lt. Joel Wright, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s operations
Lt. Joel Wright, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s operations officer, uses a rugby ball to explain how the cutter’s uniquely shaped hull breaks ice during a training session Jan. 1, 2016. Polar Star, the world’s... More