Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star navigates to beset fishing vessel [Image 5 of 6]

COAST GUARD CUTTER POLAR STAR, STRAIT OF DOVER

02.13.2015

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

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 Antarctic Chieftan which is disabled and beset by ice near Antarctica. Polar Star's crew has been underway in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, part of the U.S. Antarctic Program, managed by the National Science Foundation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener)

• Date Taken: 02.13.2015
• Date Posted: 02.13.2015 14:05
• Photo ID: 1768110
• VIRIN: 150213-G-JL323-115
• Resolution: 3000x2400
• Size: 873.21 KB
• Location: COAST GUARD CUTTER POLAR STAR, STRAIT OF DOVER