Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.25.2026
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew members conduct shoulder-launched line throwing gun (SLTG) – used during mooring and towing evolutions – training in the Ross Sea during Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 25, 2026. Operation Deep Freeze is one of the more challenging U.S. military peacetime missions due to the harsh environment in which it is conducted, and this year also commemorates the......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.23.2026
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) crew members conduct small boat operations near Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 23, 2026. Operation Deep Freeze is one of the more challenging U.S. military peacetime missions due to the harsh environment in which it is conducted, and this year also commemorates the Polar Star’s 50th year of service. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd......
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carmen Caver | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 01.23.2026
U.S. Coast Guard coxswains are highly trained small-boat operators responsible for the safety of their crew, passengers, and vessel while ensuring safe navigation, effective operation, and mission completion. Surfmen, heavy-weather, search-and-rescue, and tactical coxswains each require specialized training, and many Coast Guard coxswains hold multiple coxswain qualifications. (U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.21.2026
USCGC Polar Star escorts the motor vessel Stena Polaris, the largest fuel tanker ever to reach McMurdo Station, through the ice-covered Ross Sea during Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 21, 2026. The U.S. is committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific region, one in which the U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored research and science programs can be conducted for the betterment of all......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.19.2026
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) crew members launch a Skydio X10D drone in the Ross Sea amid Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 19, 2026. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command proudly continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic support for the United States......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.18.2026
U.S. Coast Guard divers prepare to be lowered from the USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) into the Ross Sea during Operation Deep Freeze 2026, Jan. 18, 2026. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command proudly continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic support for the United States Antarctic Program.......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.15.2026
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) sits hove-to in the Ross Sea during Operation Deep Freeze 2026 as a National Science Foundation helicopter lands on the ice to escort a team of divers from U.S. Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific to Antarctica, Jan. 15, 2026. Operation Deep Freeze is one of the more challenging U.S. military peacetime missions due to the harsh environment in which it is......
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Bokum | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 01.15.2026
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) deck force crew members conduct crane operations to retrieve the brow after the cutter’s ice rescue team completed a successful mission on the Ross Sea, Jan. 15, 2026. The U.S. military's support of U.S. Antarctic research began in 1955. U.S. Indo-Pacific Command proudly continues to lead the Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica team in providing logistic......
