Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star navigates to beset fishing vessel [Image 2 of 3]

COAST GUARD CUTTER POLAR STAR, STRAIT OF DOVER

02.13.2015

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

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 Polar Star, the United States' only operational heavy icebreaker, transits an ice field in the Southern Ocean en route to the Antarctic Chieftain, a disabled fishing vessel near Antarctica, Feb. 13, 2015. Polar Star's crew is participating in a multinational rescue operation for the Antarctic Chieftain’s crew. 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 Lt. j.g. Gina Caylor)

• Date Taken: 02.13.2015
• Date Posted: 02.13.2015 14:34
• Photo ID: 1768184
• VIRIN: 150213-G-DE731-002
• Resolution: 3252x2180
• Size: 960.77 KB
• Location: COAST GUARD CUTTER POLAR STAR, STRAIT OF DOVER