Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Operation Deep Freeze 2017 deployment

ANTARCTICA

01.10.2017

Photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star poses for a photo on the frozen Ross Sea off of Antarctica, Jan. 11, 2017.

The crew, operating as part of Operation Deep Freeze 2017, was deployed to perform Antarctic icebreaking operations to ensure the delivery of essential supplies to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley

• Date Taken: 01.10.2017
• Date Posted: 03.15.2017 10:57
• Photo ID: 3229366
• VIRIN: 170111-G-QL499-0493
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 16.69 MB
• Location: AQ