Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Arctic Winter West 2021 [Image 8 of 10]

UNITED STATES

12.05.2020

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham  

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s crew receives a secondary hydraulic pump from from the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Osprey [out of photo], homeported in Port Townsend, Wash., while the heavy ice breaker is anchored in Puget Sound, Saturday, December 5, 2020. The 44-year-old Polar Star is deploying north for a months-long deploying to project power and support national security objectives throughout Alaskan waters and into the Arctic, including along the Maritime Boundary Line between the United States and Russia. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham.

• Date Taken: 12.05.2020
• Date Posted: 12.08.2020 17:36
• Photo ID: 6447188
• VIRIN: 201205-G-NB914-048
• Resolution: 2000x1331
• Size: 598.5 KB
• Location: US