Cutter Polar Star breaking ice [Image 6 of 16]

USPACOM, AT SEA

01.15.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks a parallel channel in the ice beside a previous channel near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 15, 2015. As the area of broken ice widens, southerly winds will push the ice out to sea, allowing supply vessels to deliver cargo to McMurdo Station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener)

• Date Taken: 01.15.2015
• Date Posted: 01.30.2015 10:56
• Photo ID: 1743798
• VIRIN: 150115-G-JL323-104
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 947.07 KB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA
• Hometown: SEATTLE, WA, US