Personnel secure a heavy equipment pallet in a C-17A Globemaster III, ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Deep Freeze 2001 Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michele A. Desr... More
U.S. Air Force Col. Steven S. Norris, 182nd Medical
U.S. Air Force Col. Steven S. Norris, 182nd Medical Group commander, stands at the South Pole during his deployment to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 21, 2013. The doctor deployed as a flight surgeon in supp... More
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington's 10th District
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington's 10th District and Col. Scott McLaughlin, 446th Airlift Wing commander, listen to various briefings on reserve missions, Nov. 5 at McChord Field. Heck's purpose for visiting ... More
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington's 10th District
U.S. Rep. Denny Heck of Washington's 10th District listens to Col. Scott Snyder, the 446th Operations Group commander, brief him on current 446th Airlift Wing C-17 operations, Nov. 5 at McChord Field. Heck's pu... More
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexandra Walters, 921st
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alexandra Walters, 921st Contingency Response Squadron air transportation journeyman, secures cargo straps to a baggage pallet at the Global Reach Deployment Center at Travis Air Force... More
The crew of the motor vessel Ocean Giant passes the
The crew of the motor vessel Ocean Giant passes the fuel tanker Maersk Peary as it departs the frozen Antarctic waters, Feb. 1, 2017. The Ocean Giant departs after successfully delivering supplies to the Nation... More
Shot of a C-141C Starlifter aircraft out of March Air Reserve Base, Ca...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
Two fire response crewmembers practice their firefighting
Two fire response crewmembers practice their firefighting skills in an exercise aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, Jan. 3, 2017. Approximately 150 Coast Guard crewmembers are deployed aboard the Pol... More
Chief Master Sgt. Ron Campeau, 446th Airlift Wing load
Chief Master Sgt. Ron Campeau, 446th Airlift Wing load master, loads cargo into a C-17 Globmaster III for Operation Deep Freeze Feb. 7, 2015 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Both the C-17 and Chief Campeau ar... More
An LC-130 'Skibird' from the New York Air National
An LC-130 'Skibird' from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, N.Y., sits on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 9, 2015. A total of seven 109th AW LC-130s are deplo... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Simpson, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Simpson, a boatswain's mate, plots the position of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while acting as quartermaster of the watch while underway near Antarctica in support of Opera... More
Shot of a C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing,...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
4th Combat Camera Squadron videographer US Air Force MASTER Sergeant R...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... 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
Fireman Apprentice Elias Guerra, a crewman aboard the
Fireman Apprentice Elias Guerra, a crewman aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, shows off his craftsmanship of gingerbread house making during the cutter's holiday party Dec. 24, 2014. The crew of Coast Gu... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, with 75,000 horsepower
The 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. 15, ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Gonzalez, Petty Officer
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Gonzalez, Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Curley and Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Birt, boatswain's mates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, hold a Seattle Seahawk's 12th Man fl... More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Webb Phillips, a
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Webb Phillips, a member of the military dive team aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, communicates with divers conducting an underwater inspection of the ship while moored at... More
Members of the National Science Foundation say goodbye to the members ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
This LC-130 “Skibird” crew landed at the South Pole
This LC-130 “Skibird” crew landed at the South Pole Station with minimum visibility and maximum crosswinds, and then were forced to make an emergency weather divert to Terra Nova Bay when extreme weather made i... More
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star ice pilots and break-in
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star ice pilots and break-in ice pilots control steering and propulsion from the icebreaker’s aloft conn in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 9, 2016. The ice pilot is an officer of the d... 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
A successful landing of a C-141C Starlifter aircraft out of March Air ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
Staff Sgt. Sophia Mantzouris, 386th Expeditionary
Staff Sgt. Sophia Mantzouris, 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group, aerospace propulsion journeyman conducts a 7-Day Desert inspection on a C-130 Hercules at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia Ma... More
160120-N-ZZ999-001 (MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA) Navy
160120-N-ZZ999-001 (MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA) Navy Cargo Handling Battalion ONE (NCHB 1) Sailors arrive at McMurdo Station, Antarctica via U.S. Air Force C-130 in support of the National Science Foundation a... More
A crewmember aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar
A crewmember aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star calls out distances between the cutter and the tanker vessel Maersk Peary, Feb, 7, 2017. The Polar Star’s crew is responsible for providing a safe chan... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a diver at Coast
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a diver at Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker East, tends a line as two other divers are lowered into the water from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star at the National Scienc... More
Member of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck force
Member of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck force fake out a 14-inch towing hawser while underway in the Southern Ocean, Feb. 13, 2015. Polar Star's crew is preparing to assist the crew of the fishing vessel... More
The crew of the motor vessel Ocean Giant lines up with
The crew of the motor vessel Ocean Giant lines up with the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star as they prepare to be escorted to the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Jan. 25, 2017. The Polar Star’s... More
SENIOR AIRMAN Billy Mason, flight engnieer on a C-141B Starlifter from...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98 State: Mcmurdo Sound Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison Jr., USAF Release S... More
Loadmasters from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, 730th and 729th Airlift ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2015. Polar Star's crew is in Antarctica supp... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Oakes, an assistant engineer
Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Oakes, an assistant engineer of the watch and electrician’s mate in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineer department, communicates with another watchstander over the radio w... More
MCMURDO STATION (Jan. 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers from
MCMURDO STATION (Jan. 28, 2015) - Cargo Handlers from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 and 13 (NCHB 1) (NCHB 13) attach slings to a piece of civil engineering support equipment (CESE) in the hold of the Militar... More
The C-141C Starlifter aircraft from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
A strip of tape indicates the flooding level during
A strip of tape indicates the flooding level during a drill on the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 12, 2016. Certain elements of a drill are simulated to induce a... More
Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Squadron load cargo into
Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Squadron load cargo into a C-17 Globemaster Feb. 7, 2015 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., in support of Operation Deep Freeze. McChord Airmen have supported the National Science ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Chandler Murry, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Chandler Murry, a boatswain's mate, acts as break-in coxswain during small-boat training aboard a 38-foot Landing Craft Vessel-Personnel, launched from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star ... More
Coast Guard divers prepare for a dive at the National
Coast Guard divers prepare for a dive at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station ice pier in Antarctica Jan. 19, 2016. The dive team deployed with the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star for Operation Deep ... More
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star stands beside the ship while hove-to in the ice in the Ross Sea near Antarctica, Jan. 31, 2015. Polar Star's crew is underway in Antarctica in support of Opera... More
Senior Airman Shelby Corny, 10th Airlift Squadron
Senior Airman Shelby Corny, 10th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, loads seats into a C-17 Globemaster Feb. 7, 2015 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Conry and the C-17 are embarking on Operation Deep Freeze in sup... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker home-ported in Seattle, transits McMurdo Sound near Ross Island, Antarctica, in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, Jan. 9, 2015. Deep Freeze, a multi-ag... More
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Shawn Talbot,
New York Air National Guard Master Sgt. Shawn Talbot, a member of the 109th Maintenance Squadron, talks to the media after his flight home from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to Strattion Air National Guard Base... More
Seaman Clayton Burnett, a lookout watchstander aboard
Seaman Clayton Burnett, a lookout watchstander aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, keeps a sharp eye on ice floes in front of the ship while transiting through sea ice in the Southern Ocean toward the pos... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman
Petty Officer 3rd Class Agustin Foguet, a damage controlman in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s engineering department, lays a test weld on a piece of the cutter’s vital machinery while underway in McMurdo S... More
Professor Hugh Loheed, from Vincennes University, teaches
Professor Hugh Loheed, from Vincennes University, teaches a business course to crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star while underway near Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, Jan. 7, ... More
Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing prepare a C-17 Globmaster
Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing prepare a C-17 Globmaster III for Operation Deep Freeze Feb. 7, 2015 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Operation Deep Freeze is the support mission for the National Science Fo... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a Coast Guard
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker East diver, splashes into McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during a dive, Feb. 6, 2016. The water temperature the day of the dive was recorded... More
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star,
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot polar-class icebreaker homeported in Seattle, align in formation during a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Seattle, July 14, 2016. Pe... More
Ensign Cyrus Unvala, marine science officer aboard
Ensign Cyrus Unvala, marine science officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, skis away from the ship during ice liberty in the Ross Sea, Jan. 9, 2015. After the ice was deemed safe, the ship's crew was abl... More
Fireman Corin Gilbert, a member of the Coast Guard
Fireman Corin Gilbert, a member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s main propulsion division, records machinery readings during a security watch while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 10, 2016. Th... More
An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National
An LC-130 "Skibird" from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, N.Y., sits on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Dec. 7, 2015. A total of seven 109th AW LC-130s are deploy... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot icebreaker homeported in Seattle, grooms a channel in the fast ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Feb. 1, 2015. The... More
Major Brad Sherlock, aircraft commander of a C-141B Starlifter from th...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98 State: Mcmurdo Sound Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison Jr., USAF Release S... More
National Science Foundation members say goodbye on the Pegasus runway ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Will,
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Will, a damage controlman deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, is responsible for cutter maintenance and ensuring the safety equipment is working ... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Oakes and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Oakes and Petty Officer 1st Class Marcos Colon, electrician's mates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, troubleshoot the ship's generator switchboard while transiting the Souther... 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
Capt. Matthew Walker, commanding officer of Coast Guard
Capt. Matthew Walker, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, presents Fireman Lisa Fioretti and Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Tamayo, a machinery technician, with Coast Guard Commandant's Letters o... 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
Loading cargo returning to Christchurch, New Zealand, from McMurdo Sta...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Statu... More
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Will
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Courtney Will (left), a damage controlman deployed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, ensures the working condition of onboard safety equipment with members ... More
An LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing, New
An LC-130 Hercules from the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard at Schenectady, takes off as part of Operation Deep Freeze, Feb. 2, in Antarctica. The 55th year for Operation Deep Freeze began in Oc... 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
Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos Rodriguez (right), a
Petty Officer 1st Class Carlos Rodriguez (right), a damage controlman and member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's Damage Control Training Team, instructs crewmembers on the proper installation of mechanic... More
A curious Adelie penguin stands near the Coast Guard
A curious Adelie penguin stands near the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2016. During their visit to Antarctica for Deep Freeze 2016, the U.S. military's logistical support t... More
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Nova Noon, 821st Contingency
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Nova Noon, 821st Contingency Response Squadron contingency response team chief, briefs functional leads at the Global Reach Deployment Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, pri... More
U.S. Airmen push a pallet of bottled water from a C-17
U.S. Airmen push a pallet of bottled water from a C-17 Globemaster III in Galveston, Texas, Feb. 19, 2021, to be disseminated to Texans in storm-ravaged areas. Members of the 821st Contingency Response Group de... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department handle lines to recover the cutter’s boat while underway in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 6, 2016. The cutter boat, capable of transiting waters wh... More
Five heads up Emperor penguins on a C-141C Starlifter aircraft out of ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Julia L. Barklow, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More
Operation Deep Freeze, Washington State
A large track vehicle like this one has been validated for transportation on a C-17. Crews from McChord Field, Wash., will carry this 68,000-pound vehicle to McMurdo Station, Antarctica for the National Science... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star opens
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star opens a channel through the ice to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, for the supply ship Ocean Giant, Jan. 26, 2015. Polar Star's crew ... More
Local reporters interview Capt. Michael Davanzo, commanding
Local reporters interview Capt. Michael Davanzo, commanding officer of USCGC Polar star (WAGB-10) while at the pier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Dec. 12, 2016. The icebreaking cutter is en route to Antarctica for i... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Simpson, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Simpson, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, shows off his ugly sweater for the cutter's holiday party Dec. 24, 2014. The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Pola... More
Seaman Patrick O'Grady uses an axe to release towing
Seaman Patrick O'Grady uses an axe to release towing line passed from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star to the fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain near Antarctica, Feb. 14, 2015. Polar Star's crew will tow the d... More
Capt. Michael Davanzo and Capt. Matthew Walker shake
Capt. Michael Davanzo and Capt. Matthew Walker shake hands after Davanzo relieved Walker of command of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot polar-class icebreaker homeported in Seattle, during a formal... More
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
Antarctica, as seen from the flight deck of an LC-130
Antarctica, as seen from the flight deck of an LC-130 Jan. 25, 2015. Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, was traveling in the aircraft from Christchurch, New Zealand, to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, ... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) and crew
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) and crew create a navigable channel through the frozen Ross Sea off of Antarctica, Jan. 16, 2017. The 399-foot icebreaker is the Coast Guard’s only operational heavy ... More
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star makes is moored
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star makes is moored at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, deploying for Operation Deep Freeze 2017, Jan. 18, 2017.The primary mission of the Polar Star is to e... 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
An LC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on the flightline
An LC-130 Hercules aircraft sits on the flightline at Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia, N.Y., after returning from Antarctica to the base near Schenectady, on March 8, 2016. The wing, which flies th... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star makes the
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star makes the final approach to moorings at Base Seattle, Wednesday, March 25. The crew aboard the Polar Star transited a total of 22,900 nautical miles during a 4-month de... More
An LC-130 'Skibird' from the New York Air National
An LC-130 'Skibird' from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing in Scotia, N.Y., sits on the ice runway near McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Nov. 9, 2015. A total of seven 109th AW LC-130s are deplo... More
Coast Guard and Navy divers perform an equipment check
Coast Guard and Navy divers perform an equipment check before a dive from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 19, 2016. The dive team exercis... More
170107-G-QL499-0075 Polar Star Crewmembers of the U.S.
170107-G-QL499-0075 Polar Star Crewmembers of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar take photos of an iceberg as the vessel transits to Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2017. Approximately 150 Coast Guard crewmembers are deploy... More
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck force
Members of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star's deck force pay out messenger line to the crew of the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain near Cape Burks, Antarctica, Feb. 14, 2015. Polar Star's crew uses mes... More
A U.S. Air Force LC-130 Skibird aircraft with the 109th
A U.S. Air Force LC-130 Skibird aircraft with the 109th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard departs for McMurdo Station, Antarctica to participate in Operation Deep Freeze from Stratton Air National Guard... More
The bow of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is covered
The bow of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is covered in snow after weathering a whiteout windstorm with wind gusts of up to 130 mph off of Antarctica, Jan. 14, 2017. The crew of the Polar Star worked through... More
MCMURDO STATION (Feb. 4, 2015) - Active and Reserve
MCMURDO STATION (Feb. 4, 2015) - Active and Reserve Component Sailors from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 1 and 13 (NCHB 1), (NCHB 13) board their flight in preparation for departure after completing their part ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Glenn and Petty Officer
Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Glenn and Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Korte, members of the military dive team aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, are hoisted out of icy water after completing an underwater in... More
Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, and
Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James, and Lt. Gen. Stanley "Sid" Clarke III, Director of the Air National Guard, greet Sailors from Navy Cargo Handling Battalion One (NCHB-1) in Antarctica on Jan. 25, 2015.
Air Guard Wing Prepares for Operation Deep Freeze
Staff Sgt. Les Gould taxis in an LC-130 at Willie Field in Antarctica during the 2007/08 Operation Deep Freeze season. He is a crew chief with the 109th Airlift Wing at Stratton Air National Guard Base, N.Y.
Cmdr. Kenneth Boda, executive officer and ice pilot,
Cmdr. Kenneth Boda, executive officer and ice pilot, Chief Petty Officer Jeffrey Sullivan, a boatswain's mate and officer of the deck, and Petty Officer 1st Class Allen Birt, a boatswain's mate and break-in off... More
Seaman Nicholas Libbing, a member of deck force aboard
Seaman Nicholas Libbing, a member of deck force aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, uses a bolo to send a messenger line to the crew of the disabled fishing vessel Antarctic Chieftain, Feb. 14, 2015. Antarcti... More
Members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th
Members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing leave a bus as media members film following their return from a deployment to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica on T... More
Ensign Mason Hall, a deck watch officer the Coast Guard
Ensign Mason Hall, a deck watch officer the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s operations department, details the planned departure route during a navigation brief in the cutter’s wardroom in Hobart, Australia, De... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s information placard,
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s information placard, showing when the cutter was built and dedicated, is mounted in the main passageway for all crewmembers and visitors to see, Jan. 5, 2017. The Polar Sta... More
A crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star
A crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star watches out of a winder aboard the cutter as the Antarctic Chieftain comes into view and the cutter begins breaking up the ice around the fishing vessel. The P... More
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star and its crew
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star and its crew depart Sydney, Australia, after a multi-day port call to top off needed ship supplies prior to heading south for Antarctica, Jan. 1, 2017. The crew of the Po... More