Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.06.2016
Two Coast Guard divers give the “OK” signal after entering McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Feb. 6, 2016. Divers deployed aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star for Operation Deep Freeze 2016 inspected an old ice pier posing a potential hazard to a supply vessel at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.06.2016
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker East diver, splashes into McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, during a dive, Feb. 6, 2016. The water temperature the day of the dive was recorded at 30 degrees. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.06.2016
Coast Guard divers check equipment on Petty Officer 2nd Class Dylan Smith, a Coast Guard Regional West diver, on one of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s landing craft in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Feb. 6, 2016. As the standby diver, Smith was prepared to enter the water in an emergency situation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.06.2016
Petty Officer 3rd Class Preston Cummings, a boatswain’s mate in the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star deck department, signals the distance of an approaching ice shelf to the coxswain of one of the cutter’s landing craft in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Feb. 6, 2016. The Polar Star’s two landing craft are designed for use in ice coverage that would be hazardous to most cutter boats. (U.S. Coast......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.19.2016
Coast Guard divers prepare for a dive at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station ice pier in Antarctica Jan. 19, 2016. The dive team deployed with the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star for Operation Deep Freeze 2016, the U.S. military’s logistical support of the NSF’s U.S. Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.19.2016
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Tristan Cavender, a dive medical technician at EOD Expeditionary Support Unit 1, helps Petty Officer 1st Class Matt Kamalo, a diver at Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific, don his scuba tank before diving at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 19, 2016. Coast Guard and Navy divers train at the same school, standardizing......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.19.2016
Two Coast Guard divers are lowered from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star into the water at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 19, 2016. The divers utilized time at McMurdo Station to familiarize themselves with the ice pier in Winter Quarters Bay, a temporary platform made from ice structured with iron rebar and cables. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.19.2016
Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Closson, a diver at Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker East, tends a line as two other divers are lowered into the water from the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star at the National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 19, 2016. Operation Deep Freeze 2016 was the first deployment with divers from all three Coast Guard dive lockers: East, West and......
