Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.13.2025
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) moors at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze, Feb. 13, 2025. Operation Deep Freeze is one of many operations in the Indo-Pacific in which the U.S. military promotes security and stability across the region. (U.S. Coast Guard video to by Petty Officer 2nd Class Briana Carter)...
Video by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.10.2020
One of the main shaft seals onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) began leaking Friday about 18 miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Crewmembers used a hand pump air ram to free a clog in the shaft seal drain pipe and tightened the bolts surround the seal in order to stop the leak. The shaft was a source of a leak during Operation Deep Freeze 2018-2019, which required......
Video by Terry Melendy | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 11.15.2016
PHOENIX AIRFIELD, Antarctica (Nov. 15, 2016) -- A McChord Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III crew and the Army Corps of Engineers teamed up to make the first landing and takeoff of a wheeled and fully-loaded cargo aircraft on a compacted-snow runway an otherwise routine event. A collaboration between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Lab and the......
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 Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.30.2015
Chief Petty Officer Lucas Spencer and Chief Petty Officer Michael Perrault, members of the military dive team assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, inspect the cutter's propellers while it's is hove-to in the ice in the Ross Sea, Jan. 30, 2015. Divers conducted underwater inspections of Polar Star's hull and propellers to check for damage incurred while breaking ice. U.S. Coast Guard......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.13.2015
The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a heavy icebreaker homeported in Seattle, breaks ice near the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan. 13, 2015. Polar Star's crew is in Antarctica supporting Operation Deep Freeze 2015, part of the U.S. Antarctic Program, managed by the National Science Foundation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener....
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 11.30.2014
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot polar class icebreaker, backs away from the pier at its homeport of Coast Guard Base Seattle to depart for the crew's four-month mission to Antarctica, Nov. 30, 2014. This deployment will mark the second Antarctic mission a Coast Guard icebreaker has performed since 2007. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer....
Courtesy Video | Defense Media Activity - Proper | 02.26.2010
This edition features a story on Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus visiting McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to speak with scientists and engineers about their research. Hosted by Petty Officer 1st Class Dustin Diaz....
