Video by National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency | 01.31.2024
Operation Deep Freeze, from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's perspective, is to provide a safe means of navigating to a very harsh and remote continent, so the Department of Defense can support the National Science Foundation's Antarctic mission....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.19.2023
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) performs ice breaking and several other missions in cooperation with Operation Deep Freeze 2023, Feb. 19, 2023. Operation Deep Freeze is one of the more challenging U.S. military peacetime missions due to the harsh environment in which it is conducted. The Polar Star's unique ice breaking capabilities enable the successful transit of crucial supplies to......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 08.24.2016
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft discusses the need for the United States to recapitalize its aging icebreaker fleet from Disko Bay, Greenland, Aug. 24, 2016. The nation's entire heavy icebreaker inventory consists of just one ship, the 40-year-old Cutter Polar Star. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst and Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.10.2015
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a high-endurance icebreaker, returns to their homeport of Coast Guard Base Seattle from a 101-day Antarctic deployment, March 10, 2015. The crew deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2015, a multi-agency operation managed by the National Science Foundation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross....
Video by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.06.2015
U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Charles W. Ray, Pacific Area commander, addresses Coast Guardsmen during a personnel inspection Jan. 6, 2015. Coast Guard Pacific Area is a force of 13,000 active duty, Reserve, civilian and volunteer personnel responsible for maritime safety, security and stewardship across more than 73 million square miles ocean, coastline and inland waterways....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tara Molle | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 12.13.2013
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, homeported in Seattle, made a scheduled port call in Honolulu, Friday, as it transits to conduct missions in the Antarctic. The Polar Star departed Seattle Dec. 3 for Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze for the first time since 2006 with the vital task of resupplying the National Science Foundation Scientific Research in McMurdo. U.S. Coast Guard......
Courtesy Video | Department of War | 10.24.2013
℠2013 - Military support for the National Science Foundation's annual Antarctic mission has launched.
