Cutter Polar Star breaking ice [Image 7 of 16]

USPACOM, AT SEA

01.17.2015

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, grooms a channel in the fast ice near Mount Erebus, Antarctica, Jan. 17, 2015. Polar Star's crew is opening a channel for supply ships bound for the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener)

• Date Taken: 01.17.2015
• Date Posted: 01.30.2015 10:56
• Photo ID: 1743801
• VIRIN: 150117-G-JL323-059
• Resolution: 2100x1500
• Size: 670.8 KB
• Location: USPACOM, AT SEA
• Hometown: SEATTLE, WA, US