Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.01.2025
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew deploy to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2025, March 1, 2025. Polar Star completed its 28th voyage to Antarctica to support the joint military service mission to resupply and maintain the United States Antarctic Stations. Every year, a joint total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.07.2025
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) participates in ice liberty while the cutter sits hove-to in McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 7, 2025. Polar Star is conducting ice-breaking operations in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 10.01.2021
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) deploys to the Arctic annually and coordinates with our international partners to maintain the region as safe, prosperous, and cooperative, Oct. 1, 2021. As a Coast Guard cutter, Healy and its crew are capable of executing the Coast Guard’s statutory missions in the Polar Regions including search and rescue, environmental protection, and......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.24.2021
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew operates and conducts oceanographic research missions near Umanak Fjord, Greenland Sept. 24, 2021. Healy was designed to conduct Coast Guard missions and support a wide range of Arctic research activities with more than 4,200 square feet of scientific laboratory space, numerous electronic sensor systems, oceanographic winches, and accommodations for......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.19.2021
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crewmembers and a team of international scientists deploy an autonomous glider into Disko Bay on Sept. 19, 2021. The data collected by the glider will be used by scientists who are studying the impacts of warm water affecting the rate of melting from the Greenland ice sheet. U.S. Coast Guard video by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi....
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.13.2021
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB) transits toward Nuuk, Greenland during their 2021 Arctic deployment on Sept. 13, 2021. Healy embarked members in Nuuk from the international science community and institutions from the U.S. and Norway who will perform oceanographic research projects within Baffin Bay to inform environmental change research. U.S. Coast Guard video by Chief Petty Officer Matt......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.01.2021
Ens. Valarie Hines, an ice pilot aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20), breaks through Arctic ice as she maneuvers through the Beaufort Sea, Sept. 1, 2021. Healy’s crew deployed to the Arctic to conduct Coast Guard missions, strengthen international partnerships, demonstrate our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure Arctic, and support environmental research with the international......
Video by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.01.2021
Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crews break through Arctic ice at night as the crew transits through the Beaufort Sea, Sept. 1, 2021. Healy’s crew deployed to the Arctic to conduct Coast Guard missions, strengthen international partnerships, demonstrate our commitment to ensuring a safe and secure Arctic, and support oceanographic research with the international science community. U.S.......
